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“remplacées” and “remplacera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,131
“remplacées” frequency rank
#19,389
“remplacera” frequency rank
38520
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplacées remplacera
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de remplacer. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplacer.

Where the eye mixes remplacées and remplacera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remplacées (CVCCCVCVVC) and remplacera (CVCCCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
remplacées
10 ch
remplacera

Look-alike desk: remplacées vs remplacera

A purely visual mix-up. remplacées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38520, 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\. 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 38520, this pair ranks #254,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remplacées vs remplacera

Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacées": sé. Private to "remplacera": -.

"remplacées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC  ·  "remplacera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplacera ← ermplacera · remlpacera · remmplacera · rempalcera · remplaccera · remplacear · remplacerra · remplacrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remplacées" 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.
Which is more common, "remplacées" or "remplacera"?
"remplacées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,131 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

Eye-level mix-up between "remplacées" and "remplacera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacées" 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 #254,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplacées" 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 #254,713 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