remplacezvsreplacéWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#34,720
“remplacez” frequency rank
#44,141
“replacé” frequency rank
78861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplacez replacé
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remplacer. Participe passé masculin singulier de replacer.

Where the eye mixes remplacez and replacé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remplacez runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCVC) against replacé's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
remplacez
7 ch
replacé

Look-alike desk: remplacez vs replacé

A purely visual mix-up. remplacez (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and replacé (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remplacez is recorded at frequency rank #34,720, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\. replacé is at rank #44,141, 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 78861, this pair ranks #24,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remplacez vs replacé

Shared letters: acelpr. Private to "remplacez": mz. Private to "replacé": é.

"remplacez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "replacé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplacez ← ermplacez · remlpacez · remmplacez · rempalcez · remplaccez · remplacezz · remplacze · remplaecz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remplacez" for "replacé" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\ versus \ʁə.pla.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remplacez" vs "replacé" - which ranks higher?
"remplacez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,720 in our French list, against #44,141 for "replacé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replacé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplacez" and "replacé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "replacé vs retracé". 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 #24,700 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