réparéevsreparsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#31,240
“réparée” frequency rank
#20,262
“repars” frequency rank
51502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réparée repars
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de réparer. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de repartir.

Where the eye mixes réparée and repars

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

7 ch
réparée
6 ch
repars

Look-alike desk: réparée vs repars

A purely visual mix-up. réparée (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\) and repars (\ʁə.paʁ\) 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 51502, 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\. repars is at rank #20,262, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.paʁ\.

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 51502, this pair ranks #154,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réparée vs repars

Shared letters: aepr. Private to "réparée": é. Private to "repars": s.

"réparée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "repars" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repars ← erpars · reaprs · reparrs · reparss · repasr · reppars · repras · rpears

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réparée" for "repars" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.pa.ʁe\ versus \ʁə.paʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "réparée" or "repars"?
"repars" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,262 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réparée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repars" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #154,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réparée" and "repars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparée vs réparent". 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 #154,524 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