Which to use
“remplacées” and “remplacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,131
- “remplacées” frequency rank
- #2,245
- “remplacer” frequency rank
- 21376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacées | remplacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de remplacer. | Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacées vs remplacer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remplacées runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVVC) against remplacer's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: remplacées vs remplacer
This is the hard kind. remplacées and remplacer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacées is recorded at frequency rank #19,131, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\. remplacer is at rank #2,245, 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 21376, this pair ranks #363,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacées vs remplacer
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacées": sé. Private to "remplacer": -.
"remplacées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC · "remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacer ← ermplacer · remlpacer · remmplacer · rempalcer · remplaccer · remplacerr · remplacre · remplaecr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplacées" for "remplacer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remplacées" or "remplacer" show up more?
What to do next
"remplacées" and "remplacer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacées" and "remplacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacées vs remplacez". 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 #363,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.