Which to use
“repassé” and “repasser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,940
- “repassé” frequency rank
- #10,061
- “repasser” frequency rank
- 38001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repassé | repasser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de repasser. | Passer de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes repassé and repasser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. repassé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against repasser's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses repassé with repasser
A purely visual mix-up. repassé (\ʁə.pa.se\) and repasser (\ʁə.pɑ.se\) 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 38001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repassé is recorded at frequency rank #27,940, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pa.se\. repasser is at rank #10,061, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɑ.se\.
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 38001, this pair ranks #258,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repassé vs repasser
Shared letters: aeprs. Private to "repassé": é. Private to "repasser": -.
"repassé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "repasser" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repasser ← erpasser · reapsser · repaser · repasesr · repasserr · repassre · reppasser · repsaser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repassé" and "repasser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "repassé" or "repasser" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "repassé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repasser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repassé" and "repasser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repassé". 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 #258,405 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.