remplivsrempliraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rempli is a adjective, remplira is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rempli” is an adjective and “remplira” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,639
“rempli” frequency rank
#49,323
“remplira” frequency rank
52962
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rempli remplira
Definition Qui est plein, qui abonde en quoi que ce soit. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplir.

Where the eye mixes rempli and remplira

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rempli runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against remplira's 8 (CVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rempli
8 ch
remplira

Look-alike desk: rempli vs remplira

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rempli is \ʁɑ̃.pli\ while remplira is \ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rempli” sits inside “remplira”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rempli is recorded at frequency rank #3,639, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pli\. remplira is at rank #49,323, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁa\.

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 52962, this pair ranks #144,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rempli vs remplira

Shared letters: eilmpr. Private to "rempli": -. Private to "remplira": a.

"rempli" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "remplira" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rempli ← ermpli · remlpi · remmpli · rempil · remplli · remppli · repmli · rmepli
  • remplira ← ermplira · remlpira · remmplira · rempilra · rempliar · remplirra · rempllira · remplria

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rempli" for "remplira" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rempli" is an adjective and "remplira" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rempli" vs "remplira" - which ranks higher?
"rempli" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,639 in our French list, against #49,323 for "remplira". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rempli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remplira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rempli" and "remplira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplaça vs remplira". 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 #144,061 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