Which to use
“repassera” and “reposera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,497
- “repassera” frequency rank
- #46,995
- “reposera” frequency rank
- 88492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repassera | reposera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de repasser. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de reposer. |
Where the eye mixes repassera and reposera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. repassera runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against reposera's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between repassera and reposera
A purely visual mix-up. repassera (\ʁə.pa.sə.ʁa\) and reposera (\ʁə.po.zə.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repassera is recorded at frequency rank #41,497, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pa.sə.ʁa\. reposera is at rank #46,995, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.po.zə.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 88492, this pair ranks #6,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repassera vs reposera
Shared letters: aeprs. Private to "repassera": -. Private to "reposera": o.
"repassera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "reposera" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repassera" and "reposera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "repassera" or "reposera" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "repassera" and "reposera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "repassera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reposera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repassera" and "reposera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposée 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 #6,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.