Which to use
“remplacer” and “remplacés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,245
- “remplacer” frequency rank
- #10,570
- “remplacés” frequency rank
- 12815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacer | remplacés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacer vs remplacés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - remplacer and remplacés
This is the hard kind. remplacer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12815, 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\. 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 12815, this pair ranks #403,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacer vs remplacés
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacer": -. Private to "remplacés": sé.
"remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "remplacés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacer ← ermplacer · remlpacer · remmplacer · rempalcer · remplaccer · remplacerr · remplacre · remplaecr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplacer" for "remplacés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remplacer" or "remplacés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacer" 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 #403,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacer" and "remplacés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacés vs replacé". 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 #403,630 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.