Which to use
“remplacé” and “remplacés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,796
- “remplacé” frequency rank
- #10,570
- “remplacés” frequency rank
- 14366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacé | remplacés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de remplacer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacé vs remplacés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remplacé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplacés's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - remplacé / remplacés
This is the hard kind. remplacé and remplacés 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 extra letter(s) - “remplacé” sits inside “remplacés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14366, 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\. remplacés is at rank #10,570, 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 14366, this pair ranks #396,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacé vs remplacés
Shared letters: acelmpré. Private to "remplacé": -. Private to "remplacés": s.
"remplacé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplacés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remplacé" and "remplacés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remplacé" vs "remplacés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"remplacé" and "remplacés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacé" and "remplacés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacés vs replacé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #396,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.