remplacervsremplacezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,245
“remplacer” frequency rank
#34,720
“remplacez” frequency rank
36965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplacer remplacez
Definition Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remplacer.

Same sound, different letters: remplacer vs remplacez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remplacer and remplacez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
remplacer
9 ch
remplacez

Ear matches; page differs - remplacer and remplacez

This is the hard kind. remplacer and remplacez 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 a single letter - r in “remplacer” becomes z in “remplacez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36965, 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\. remplacez is at rank #34,720, 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 36965, this pair ranks #265,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remplacer vs remplacez

Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacer": -. Private to "remplacez": z.

"remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "remplacez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplacer ← ermplacer · remlpacer · remmplacer · rempalcer · remplaccer · remplacerr · remplacre · remplaecr
  • remplacez ← ermplacez · remlpacez · remmplacez · rempalcez · remplaccez · remplacezz · remplacze · remplaecz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remplacer" and "remplacez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "remplacer" or "remplacez" show up more?
"remplacer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,245 in our French list, against #34,720 for "remplacez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

"remplacer" and "remplacez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #265,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplacer" and "remplacez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacez 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 #265,841 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