Which to use
“répand” and “repars” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,004
- “répand” frequency rank
- #20,262
- “repars” frequency rank
- 36266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | répand | repars |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répandre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de repartir. |
Where the eye mixes répand and repars
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. répand and repars follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: répand vs repars
A purely visual mix-up. répand (\ʁe.pɑ̃\) and repars (\ʁə.paʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
répand is recorded at frequency rank #16,004, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pɑ̃\. repars is at rank #20,262, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.paʁ\.
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 36266, this pair ranks #270,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of répand vs repars
Shared letters: apr. Private to "répand": dné. Private to "repars": es.
"répand" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "repars" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repars ← erpars · reaprs · reparrs · reparss · repasr · reppars · repras · rpears
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "répand" and "repars" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "répand" or "repars" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "répand" and "repars" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "répand" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repars" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "répand" and "repars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repars". 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 #270,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.