Which to use
“remplacées” and “remplacés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,131
- “remplacées” frequency rank
- #10,570
- “remplacés” frequency rank
- 29701
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacées | remplacés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de remplacer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacées vs remplacés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. remplacées runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVVC) against remplacés's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: remplacées vs remplacés
This is the hard kind. remplacées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29701, 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\. 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 29701, this pair ranks #315,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacées vs remplacés
Shared letters: acelmprsé. Private to "remplacées": -. Private to "remplacés": -.
"remplacées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC · "remplacés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remplacées" and "remplacés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remplacées" or "remplacés" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "remplacées" / "remplacés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacées" 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 #315,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacées" and "remplacés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacés vs replacé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #315,026 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.