remplacévsremplaceraConfusable pair

Which to use

“remplacé” and “remplacera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,796
“remplacé” frequency rank
#19,389
“remplacera” frequency rank
23185
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplacé remplacera
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de remplacer. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplacer.

Where the eye mixes remplacé and remplacera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remplacé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplacera's 10 (CVCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remplacé
10 ch
remplacera

Visual trap between remplacé and remplacera

A purely visual mix-up. remplacé (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and remplacera (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23185, 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\. remplacera is at rank #19,389, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁa\.

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 23185, this pair ranks #353,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of remplacé vs remplacera

Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacé": é. Private to "remplacera": -.

"remplacé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "remplacera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplacera ← ermplacera · remlpacera · remmplacera · rempalcera · remplaccera · remplacear · remplacerra · remplacrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remplacé" and "remplacera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remplacé" or "remplacera"?
"remplacé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,796 in our French list, against #19,389 for "remplacera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "remplacé" and "remplacera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #353,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplacé" and "remplacera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacera vs remplacerait". 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 #353,890 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list