repensévsrepéréeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#30,338
“repensé” frequency rank
#25,474
“repérée” frequency rank
55812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repensé repérée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de repenser. Participe passé féminin singulier de repérer.

Where the eye mixes repensé and repérée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. repensé (CVCVCCV) and repérée (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
repensé
7 ch
repérée

Why the eye confuses repensé with repérée

A purely visual mix-up. repensé (\ʁə.pɑ̃.se\) and repérée (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repensé is recorded at frequency rank #30,338, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɑ̃.se\. repérée is at rank #25,474, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pe.ʁe\.

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 55812, this pair ranks #125,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repensé vs repérée

Shared letters: epré. Private to "repensé": ns. Private to "repérée": -.

"repensé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "repérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repensé" for "repérée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pɑ̃.se\ versus \ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repensé" or "repérée"?
"repérée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,474 in our French list, against #30,338 for "repensé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "repensé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repérée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #125,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repensé" and "repérée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repérée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #125,080 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