Which to use
“réparé” and “retarde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,992
- “réparé” frequency rank
- #26,160
- “retarde” frequency rank
- 43152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réparé | retarde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de réparer. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de retarder. |
Where the eye mixes réparé and retarde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: réparé vs retarde
A purely visual mix-up. réparé (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\) and retarde (\ʁə.taʁd\) 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 43152, 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\. retarde is at rank #26,160, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.taʁd\.
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 43152, this pair ranks #220,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of réparé vs retarde
Shared letters: ar. Private to "réparé": pé. Private to "retarde": det.
"réparé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "retarde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- retarde ← ertarde · reatrde · retadre · retardde · retared · retarrde · retrade · rettarde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réparé" and "retarde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "réparé" or "retarde" show up more?
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 "retarde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réparé" and "retarde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs retarde". 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 #220,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.