reparsvsrepasséWhat's the difference?

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.

6 ch
repars
7 ch
repassé

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

  • reparserpars · reaprs · reparrs · reparss · repasr · reppars · repras · rpears

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repars" and "repassé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.paʁ\ versus \ʁə.pa.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "repars" or "repassé" show up more?
"repars" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,262 in our French list, against #27,940 for "repassé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list