Which to use
“remplacée” and “remplacera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,288
- “remplacée” frequency rank
- #19,389
- “remplacera” frequency rank
- 30677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacée | remplacera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de remplacer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplacer. |
Where the eye mixes remplacée and remplacera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remplacée runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVV) against remplacera's 10 (CVCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remplacée and remplacera
A purely visual mix-up. remplacée (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30677, 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\. 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 30677, this pair ranks #308,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacée vs remplacera
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacée": é. Private to "remplacera": -.
"remplacée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "remplacera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacera ← ermplacera · remlpacera · remmplacera · rempalcera · remplaccera · remplacear · remplacerra · remplacrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remplacée" and "remplacera" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "remplacée" or "remplacera" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacée" 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 #308,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacée" 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 #308,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.