rempliesvsrepliéWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#13,677
“remplies” frequency rank
#31,689
“replié” frequency rank
45366
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplies replié
Definition Féminin pluriel de rempli. Participe passé masculin singulier de replier.

Where the eye mixes remplies and replié

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. remplies runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVC) against replié's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remplies
6 ch
replié

Why the eye confuses remplies with replié

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remplies is \ʁɑ̃.pli\ while replié is \ʁə.pli.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45366, 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\. replié is at rank #31,689, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\.

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 45366, this pair ranks #203,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remplies vs replié

Shared letters: eilpr. Private to "remplies": ms. Private to "replié": é.

"remplies" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC  ·  "replié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplies ← ermplies · remlpies · remmplies · rempiles · rempleis · rempliess · remplise · rempllies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remplies" and "replié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remplies" is an adjective and "replié" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remplies" or "replié"?
"remplies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,677 in our French list, against #31,689 for "replié". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplies" and "replié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs replié". 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 #203,247 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