Which to use
“remplacer” and “remplacera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,245
- “remplacer” frequency rank
- #19,389
- “remplacera” frequency rank
- 21634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacer | remplacera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplacer. |
Where the eye mixes remplacer and remplacera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. remplacer runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against remplacera's 10 (CVCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remplacer with remplacera
A purely visual mix-up. remplacer (\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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remplacer” sits inside “remplacera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacer is recorded at frequency rank #2,245, 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 21634, this pair ranks #362,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacer vs remplacera
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacer": -. Private to "remplacera": -.
"remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "remplacera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacer ← ermplacer · remlpacer · remmplacer · rempalcer · remplaccer · remplacerr · remplacre · remplaecr
- remplacera ← ermplacera · remlpacera · remmplacera · rempalcera · remplaccera · remplacear · remplacerra · remplacrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplacer" for "remplacera" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remplacer" or "remplacera" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacer" 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 #362,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacer" 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 #362,178 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.