repartaitvsrepartiTell them apart

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.

9 ch
repartait
7 ch
reparti

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

  • repartaiterpartait · reaprtait · reparatit · reparrtait · repartaitt · repartati · repartiat · reparttait
  • repartierparti · reaprti · reparit · reparrti · repartti · repatri · repparti · reprati

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repartait" for "reparti" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.paʁ.tɛ\ versus \ʁə.paʁ.ti\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "repartait" vs "reparti" - which ranks higher?
"reparti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,225 in our French list, against #49,326 for "repartait". 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 "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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list