réparéevsréparezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#31,240
“réparée” frequency rank
#46,428
“réparez” frequency rank
77668
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réparée réparez
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de réparer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de réparer.

Same sound, different letters: réparée vs réparez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. réparée (CVCVCVV) and réparez (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
réparée
7 ch
réparez

Homophone desk: réparée vs réparez

This is the hard kind. réparée and réparez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réparée is recorded at frequency rank #31,240, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pa.ʁe\. réparez is at rank #46,428, 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 77668, this pair ranks #27,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réparée vs réparez

Shared letters: aepré. Private to "réparée": -. Private to "réparez": z.

"réparée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "réparez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réparée" and "réparez" 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.
Frequency check: "réparée" vs "réparez" - which ranks higher?
"réparée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,240 in our French list, against #46,428 for "réparez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réparée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réparez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réparée" and "réparez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparent vs réparez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,754 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