Which to use
“remplacés” and “replacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,570
- “remplacés” frequency rank
- #22,070
- “replacer” frequency rank
- 32640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacés | replacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remplacer. | Remettre à sa place. |
Where the eye mixes remplacés and replacer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remplacés 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 remplacés with replacer
A purely visual mix-up. remplacés (\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 32640, 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\. 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 32640, this pair ranks #295,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacés vs replacer
Shared letters: acelpr. Private to "remplacés": msé. Private to "replacer": -.
"remplacés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "replacer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- replacer ← erplacer · relpacer · repalcer · replaccer · replacerr · replacre · replaecr · replcaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplacés" for "replacer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "remplacés" vs "replacer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacés" 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 #295,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacés" 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 #295,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.