réparésvsrepasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réparés is a verb, repas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réparés” is a verb and “repas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,516
“réparés” frequency rank
#1,934
“repas” frequency rank
43450
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réparés repas
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de réparer. Nourriture que l’on prend pour s’alimenter pendant une période spécifiquement consacrée à cette activité, souvent à des heures régulières de la journée.

Where the eye mixes réparés and repas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
réparés
5 ch
repas

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réparés is \ʁe.pa.ʁe\ while repas is \ʁə.pɑ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réparés is recorded at frequency rank #41,516, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pa.ʁe\. repas is at rank #1,934, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pɑ\.

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 43450, this pair ranks #217,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réparés vs repas

Shared letters: aprs. Private to "réparés": é. Private to "repas": e.

"réparés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "repas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repaserpas · reaps · repass · reppas · repsa · rpeas · rrepas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réparés" and "repas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réparés" is a verb and "repas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réparés" or "repas"?
"repas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,934 in our French list, against #41,516 for "réparés". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list