remplisvsrepliésTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#6,743
“remplis” frequency rank
#44,142
“repliés” frequency rank
50885
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplis repliés
Definition Masculin pluriel de rempli. Participe passé masculin pluriel de replier.

Where the eye mixes remplis and repliés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remplis (CVCCCVC) and repliés (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
remplis
7 ch
repliés

Visual trap between remplis and repliés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remplis is \ʁɑ̃.pli\ while repliés is \ʁə.pli.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 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 50885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remplis is recorded at frequency rank #6,743, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pli\. repliés is at rank #44,142, 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 50885, this pair ranks #159,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remplis vs repliés

Shared letters: eilprs. Private to "remplis": m. Private to "repliés": é.

"remplis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "repliés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplis ← ermplis · remlpis · remmplis · rempils · rempliss · rempllis · remplsi · rempplis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remplis" and "repliés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remplis" is an adjective and "repliés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "remplis" vs "repliés" - which ranks higher?
"remplis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,743 in our French list, against #44,142 for "repliés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplis" and "repliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repliés vs réprimés". 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 #159,183 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