Which to use
“rep” and “repos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,044
- “rep” frequency rank
- #2,894
- “repos” frequency rank
- 20938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rep | repos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réputation. | Privation, cessation de mouvement, d’activité ou d’effort. |
Where the eye mixes rep and repos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rep with repos
A purely visual mix-up. rep (\ɹɛp\) and repos (\ʁə.po\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “rep” sits inside “repos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rep is recorded at frequency rank #18,044, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɹɛp\. repos is at rank #2,894, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.po\.
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 20938, this pair ranks #365,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rep vs repos
Shared letters: epr. Private to "rep": -. Private to "repos": os.
"rep" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "repos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repos ← erpos · reops · reposs · reppos · repso · rpeos · rrepos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rep" and "repos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rep" vs "repos" - which ranks higher?
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 "rep" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rep" and "repos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs rep". 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 #365,700 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.