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.
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?
Frequency check: "remplacez" vs "replacé" - 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 "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.