repasvsreplisWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“repas” and “replis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,934
“repas” frequency rank
#39,502
“replis” frequency rank
41436
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repas replis
Definition Nourriture que l’on prend pour s’alimenter pendant une période spécifiquement consacrée à cette activité, souvent à des heures régulières de la journée. Pluriel de repli.

Where the eye mixes repas and replis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
repas
6 ch
replis

Look-alike desk: repas vs replis

A purely visual mix-up. repas (\ʁə.pɑ\) and replis (\ʁə.pli\) 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 41436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repas is recorded at frequency rank #1,934, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pɑ\. replis is at rank #39,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pli\.

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 41436, this pair ranks #233,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repas vs replis

Shared letters: eprs. Private to "repas": a. Private to "replis": il.

"repas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "replis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repaserpas · reaps · repass · reppas · repsa · rpeas · rrepas
  • repliserplis · relpis · repils · repliss · repllis · replsi · repplis · rpelis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repas" and "replis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pɑ\ versus \ʁə.pli\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "repas" vs "replis" - which ranks higher?
"repas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,934 in our French list, against #39,502 for "replis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "repas" and "replis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repas" and "replis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs replis". 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 #233,110 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