reparsvsreprisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: repars is a verb, repris is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“repars” is a verb and “repris” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,262
“repars” frequency rank
#2,492
“repris” frequency rank
22754
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repars repris
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de repartir. Qui a été pris à nouveau.

Where the eye mixes repars and repris

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
repars
6 ch
repris

Visual trap between repars and repris

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repars is \ʁə.paʁ\ while repris is \ʁə.pʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22754, 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\. repris is at rank #2,492, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pʁi\.

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 22754, this pair ranks #356,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of repars vs repris

Shared letters: eprs. Private to "repars": a. Private to "repris": i.

"repars" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "repris" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reparserpars · reaprs · reparrs · reparss · repasr · reppars · repras · rpears
  • repriserpris · repirs · reppris · repriss · reprris · reprsi · rerpis · rperis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repars" and "repris" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repars" is a verb and "repris" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "repars" vs "repris" - which ranks higher?
"repris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,492 in our French list, against #20,262 for "repars". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "repars" and "repris" 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 "repris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #356,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repars" and "repris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repars". 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 #356,330 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