Which to use
“repas” is a noun and “reus” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,934
- “repas” frequency rank
- #38,513
- “reus” frequency rank
- 40447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repas | reus |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif passé simple du verbe ravoir. |
Where the eye mixes repas and reus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: repas vs reus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repas is \ʁə.pɑ\ while reus is \ʁy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40447, 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\. reus is at rank #38,513, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁy\.
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 40447, this pair ranks #240,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repas vs reus
Shared letters: ers. Private to "repas": ap. Private to "reus": u.
"repas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "reus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repas" for "reus" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "repas" or "reus" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "repas" and "reus" 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 "reus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repas" and "reus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reus vs Rhys". 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 #240,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.