Which to use
“remplacé” and “remplacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,796
- “remplacé” frequency rank
- #2,245
- “remplacer” frequency rank
- 6041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacé | remplacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de remplacer. | Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacé vs remplacer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. remplacé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplacer's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - remplacé / remplacer
This is the hard kind. remplacé and remplacer are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacé is recorded at frequency rank #3,796, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\. remplacer is at rank #2,245, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 6041, this pair ranks #427,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacé vs remplacer
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacé": é. Private to "remplacer": -.
"remplacé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacer ← ermplacer · remlpacer · remmplacer · rempalcer · remplaccer · remplacerr · remplacre · remplaecr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remplacé" and "remplacer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remplacé" vs "remplacer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "remplacé" / "remplacer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacé" and "remplacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacé vs replacé". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #427,347 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.