remplaceravsremplacésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#19,389
“remplacera” frequency rank
#10,570
“remplacés” frequency rank
29959
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplacera remplacés
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplacer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de remplacer.

Where the eye mixes remplacera and remplacés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remplacera runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against remplacés's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
remplacera
9 ch
remplacés

Why the eye confuses remplacera with remplacés

A purely visual mix-up. remplacera (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁa\) and remplacés (\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 29959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remplacera is recorded at frequency rank #19,389, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁa\. 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 29959, this pair ranks #313,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remplacera vs remplacés

Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacera": -. Private to "remplacés": sé.

"remplacera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "remplacés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplacera ← ermplacera · remlpacera · remmplacera · rempalcera · remplaccera · remplacear · remplacerra · remplacrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remplacera" for "remplacés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁa\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remplacera" vs "remplacés" - which ranks higher?
"remplacés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,570 in our French list, against #19,389 for "remplacera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "remplacera" and "remplacés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacera" 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 #313,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplacera" and "remplacés" 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 #313,378 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