Which to use
“repars” and “repassé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,262
- “repars” frequency rank
- #27,940
- “repassé” frequency rank
- 48202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repars | repassé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de repartir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de repasser. |
Where the eye mixes repars and repassé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: repars vs repassé
A purely visual mix-up. repars (\ʁə.paʁ\) and repassé (\ʁə.pa.se\) 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 48202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repars is recorded at frequency rank #20,262, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.paʁ\. repassé is at rank #27,940, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pa.se\.
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 48202, this pair ranks #180,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repars vs repassé
Shared letters: aeprs. Private to "repars": -. Private to "repassé": é.
"repars" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "repassé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- repars ← erpars · reaprs · reparrs · reparss · repasr · reppars · repras · rpears
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repars" and "repassé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "repars" or "repassé" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "repars" and "repassé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "repars" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repassé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repars" and "repassé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repassé". 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 #180,816 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.