Which to use
“remplacer” and “replacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,245
- “remplacer” frequency rank
- #22,070
- “replacer” frequency rank
- 24315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacer | replacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. | Remettre à sa place. |
Where the eye mixes remplacer and replacer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remplacer runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against replacer's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remplacer with replacer
A purely visual mix-up. remplacer (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and replacer (\ʁə.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 24315, 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\. replacer is at rank #22,070, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 24315, this pair ranks #347,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacer vs replacer
Shared letters: acelpr. Private to "remplacer": m. Private to "replacer": -.
"remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "replacer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remplacer" and "replacer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remplacer" vs "replacer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "remplacer" and "replacer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "replacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacer" and "replacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "replacé vs replacer". 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 #347,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.