rempliesvsrempliraTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#13,677
“remplies” frequency rank
#49,323
“remplira” frequency rank
63000
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplies remplira
Definition Féminin pluriel de rempli. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplir.

Where the eye mixes remplies and remplira

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
remplies
8 ch
remplira

Why the eye confuses remplies with remplira

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remplies is \ʁɑ̃.pli\ while remplira is \ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remplies is recorded at frequency rank #13,677, 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 63000, this pair ranks #84,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remplies vs remplira

Shared letters: eilmpr. Private to "remplies": s. Private to "remplira": a.

"remplies" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "remplira" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rempliesermplies · remlpies · remmplies · rempiles · rempleis · rempliess · remplise · rempllies
  • rempliraermplira · remlpira · remmplira · rempilra · rempliar · remplirra · rempllira · remplria

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remplies" and "remplira" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remplies" is an adjective and "remplira" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remplies" or "remplira"?
"remplies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,677 in our French list, against #49,323 for "remplira". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplies" 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 #84,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplies" 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 #84,171 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