Which to use
“remplacés” and “remplacez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,570
- “remplacés” frequency rank
- #34,720
- “remplacez” frequency rank
- 45290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacés | remplacez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remplacer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacés vs remplacez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. remplacés and remplacez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - remplacés / remplacez
This is the hard kind. remplacés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacés is recorded at frequency rank #10,570, 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 45290, this pair ranks #203,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacés vs remplacez
Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacés": sé. Private to "remplacez": z.
"remplacés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "remplacez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacez ← ermplacez · remlpacez · remmplacez · rempalcez · remplaccez · remplacezz · remplacze · remplaecz
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacés" 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 #203,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacés" 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 #203,895 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.