Which to use
“remplacée” and “remplacées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,288
- “remplacée” frequency rank
- #19,131
- “remplacées” frequency rank
- 30419
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacée | remplacées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de remplacer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacée vs remplacées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. remplacée runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVV) against remplacées's 10 (CVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - remplacée and remplacées
This is the hard kind. remplacée and remplacées 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) - “remplacée” sits inside “remplacées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30419, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacée is recorded at frequency rank #11,288, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\. remplacées is at rank #19,131, 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 30419, this pair ranks #310,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacée vs remplacées
Shared letters: acelmpré. Private to "remplacée": -. Private to "remplacées": s.
"remplacée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "remplacées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplacée" for "remplacées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remplacée" or "remplacées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "remplacée" / "remplacées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacée" and "remplacées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacée vs replacé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #310,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.