Which to use
“remplacez” and “replacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,720
- “remplacez” frequency rank
- #22,070
- “replacer” frequency rank
- 56790
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacez | replacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remplacer. | Remettre à sa place. |
Where the eye mixes remplacez and replacer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remplacez 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.
Visual trap between remplacez and replacer
A purely visual mix-up. remplacez (\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 56790, 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\. 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 56790, this pair ranks #118,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplacez vs replacer
Shared letters: acelpr. Private to "remplacez": mz. Private to "replacer": -.
"remplacez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "replacer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remplacez" and "replacer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remplacez" vs "replacer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "remplacez" and "replacer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacez" 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 #118,888 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacez" and "replacer" 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 #118,888 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.