Which to use
“remplacée” and “replacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,288
- “remplacée” frequency rank
- #22,070
- “replacer” frequency rank
- 33358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacée | replacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de remplacer. | Remettre à sa place. |
Where the eye mixes remplacée and replacer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remplacée runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVV) against replacer's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remplacée vs replacer
A purely visual mix-up. remplacée (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and replacer (\ʁə.pla.se\) 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 33358, 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\. replacer is at rank #22,070, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 33358, this pair ranks #291,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacée vs replacer
Shared letters: acelpr. Private to "remplacée": mé. Private to "replacer": -.
"remplacée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV · "replacer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- replacer ← erplacer · relpacer · repalcer · replaccer · replacerr · replacre · replaecr · replcaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remplacée" and "replacer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remplacée" or "replacer"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "remplacée" and "replacer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "replacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacée" and "replacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "replacé vs replacer". 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 #291,168 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.