réparévsréparéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“réparé” and “réparée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,992
“réparé” frequency rank
#31,240
“réparée” frequency rank
48232
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réparé réparée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de réparer. Participe passé féminin singulier de réparer.

Same sound, different letters: réparé vs réparée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

6 ch
réparé
7 ch
réparée

Same sound, different spelling - réparé / réparée

This is the hard kind. réparé and réparée are pronounced identically (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “réparé” sits inside “réparée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réparé is recorded at frequency rank #16,992, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pa.ʁe\. réparée is at rank #31,240, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pa.ʁe\.

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 48232, this pair ranks #180,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réparé vs réparée

Shared letters: apré. Private to "réparé": -. Private to "réparée": e.

"réparé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "réparée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réparé" and "réparée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "réparé" vs "réparée" - which ranks higher?
"réparé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,992 in our French list, against #31,240 for "réparée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"réparé" and "réparée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réparé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réparée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réparé" and "réparée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparée vs réparent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #180,591 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