Which to use
“remplacent” and “remplacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,985
- “remplacent” frequency rank
- #2,245
- “remplacer” frequency rank
- 19230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacent | remplacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remplacer. | Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. |
Where the eye mixes remplacent and remplacer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remplacent runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCC) against remplacer's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remplacent with remplacer
A purely visual mix-up. remplacent (\ʁɑ̃.plas\) and remplacer (\ʁɑ̃.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 19230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacent is recorded at frequency rank #16,985, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.plas\. 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 19230, this pair ranks #374,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacent vs remplacer
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacent": nt. Private to "remplacer": -.
"remplacent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC · "remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacent ← ermplacent · remlpacent · remmplacent · rempalcent · remplaccent · remplacennt · remplacentt · remplacetn
- remplacer ← ermplacer · remlpacer · remmplacer · rempalcer · remplaccer · remplacerr · remplacre · remplaecr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remplacent" and "remplacer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remplacent" vs "remplacer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacent" 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 #374,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacent" and "remplacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplaçait vs remplacent". 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 #374,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.