réparévsréparerConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#16,992
“réparé” frequency rank
#4,986
“réparer” frequency rank
21978
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réparé réparer
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de réparer. Remettre en état ce qui a été endommagé.

Same sound, different letters: réparé vs réparer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

6 ch
réparé
7 ch
réparer

Homophone desk: réparé vs réparer

This is the hard kind. réparé and réparer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21978, 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\. réparer is at rank #4,986, 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 21978, this pair ranks #360,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réparé vs réparer

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

"réparé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "réparer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réparé" and "réparer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Which is more common, "réparé" or "réparer"?
"réparer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,986 in our French list, against #16,992 for "réparé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"réparé" and "réparer" 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 "réparer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #360,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réparé" and "réparer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparé vs réparent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #360,435 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