remplacéevsremplaceraConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
remplacée
10 ch
remplacera

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?
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.
In ordinary French text, does "remplacée" or "remplacera" show up more?
"remplacée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,288 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.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list