réparévsreparteWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#16,992
“réparé” frequency rank
#40,463
“reparte” frequency rank
57455
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réparé reparte
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de réparer. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de repartir.

Where the eye mixes réparé and reparte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réparé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reparte's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
réparé
7 ch
reparte

Visual trap between réparé and reparte

A purely visual mix-up. réparé (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\) and reparte (\ʁə.paʁt\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57455, 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\. reparte is at rank #40,463, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.paʁt\.

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 57455, this pair ranks #114,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réparé vs reparte

Shared letters: apr. Private to "réparé": é. Private to "reparte": et.

"réparé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "reparte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reparte ← erparte · reaprte · reparet · reparrte · repartte · repatre · repparte · reprate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réparé" for "reparte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\ versus \ʁə.paʁt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "réparé" vs "reparte" - which ranks higher?
"réparé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,992 in our French list, against #40,463 for "reparte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réparé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reparte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réparé" and "reparte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs reparte". 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 #114,957 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