Which to use
“repartait” and “reparti” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,326
- “repartait” frequency rank
- #10,225
- “reparti” frequency rank
- 59551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repartait | reparti |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de repartir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de repartir. |
Where the eye mixes repartait and reparti
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. repartait runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against reparti's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between repartait and reparti
A purely visual mix-up. repartait (\ʁə.paʁ.tɛ\) and reparti (\ʁə.paʁ.ti\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repartait is recorded at frequency rank #49,326, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.paʁ.tɛ\. reparti is at rank #10,225, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 59551, this pair ranks #102,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repartait vs reparti
Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "repartait": -. Private to "reparti": -.
"repartait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "reparti" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repartait" for "reparti" ever safe?
Frequency check: "repartait" vs "reparti" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "repartait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reparti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #102,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repartait" and "reparti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportait vs repartait". 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 #102,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.