Which to use
“remplacée” and “remplacés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,288
- “remplacée” frequency rank
- #10,570
- “remplacés” frequency rank
- 21858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacée | remplacés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de remplacer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacée vs remplacés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remplacée (CVCCCVCVV) and remplacés (CVCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: remplacée vs remplacés
This is the hard kind. remplacée 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 a single letter - e in “remplacée” becomes s in “remplacés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21858, 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\. 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 21858, this pair ranks #361,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacée vs remplacés
Shared letters: acelmpré. Private to "remplacée": -. Private to "remplacés": s.
"remplacée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "remplacés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remplacée" and "remplacés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remplacée" vs "remplacés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "remplacée" / "remplacés". 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 "remplacés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacée" and "remplacés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacée vs replacé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #361,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.