Which to use
“repassé” and “repassera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,940
- “repassé” frequency rank
- #41,497
- “repassera” frequency rank
- 69437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repassé | repassera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de repasser. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de repasser. |
Where the eye mixes repassé and repassera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. repassé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against repassera's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses repassé with repassera
A purely visual mix-up. repassé (\ʁə.pa.se\) and repassera (\ʁə.pa.sə.ʁa\) 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 69437, 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\. repassera is at rank #41,497, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pa.sə.ʁa\.
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 69437, this pair ranks #55,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repassé vs repassera
Shared letters: aeprs. Private to "repassé": é. Private to "repassera": -.
"repassé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "repassera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- repassera ← erpassera · reapssera · repasera · repasesra · repassear · repasserra · repassrea · reppassera
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repassé" for "repassera" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "repassé" or "repassera" show up more?
After this comparison
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 "repassera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repassé" and "repassera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repassera vs reposera". 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 #55,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.