repartvsrépartisTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#9,379
“repart” frequency rank
#8,775
“répartis” frequency rank
18154
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repart répartis
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de repartir. Masculin pluriel de réparti.

Where the eye mixes repart and répartis

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

6 ch
repart
8 ch
répartis

Visual trap between repart and répartis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repart is \ʁə.paʁ\ while répartis is \ʁe.paʁ.ti\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repart is recorded at frequency rank #9,379, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.paʁ\. répartis is at rank #8,775, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.paʁ.ti\.

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 18154, this pair ranks #379,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of repart vs répartis

Shared letters: aprt. Private to "repart": e. Private to "répartis": isé.

"repart" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "répartis" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reparterpart · reaprt · reparrt · repartt · repatr · reppart · reprat · rpeart

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repart" for "répartis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repart" is a verb and "répartis" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "repart" vs "répartis" - which ranks higher?
"répartis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,775 in our French list, against #9,379 for "repart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "répartis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #379,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repart" and "répartis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartait vs répartis". 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 #379,738 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