Which to use
“repère” and “report” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,735
- “repère” frequency rank
- #7,109
- “report” frequency rank
- 16844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repère | report |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trait, marque que l’on fait pour retrouver une hauteur, une distance, un alignement, pour ajuster avec exactitude différentes pièces d’un ouvrage. | Action de reporter une somme, un total. |
Where the eye mixes repère and report
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between repère and report
A purely visual mix-up. repère (\ʁə.pɛʁ\) and report (\ʁə.pɔʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repère is recorded at frequency rank #9,735, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pɛʁ\. report is at rank #7,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ\.
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 16844, this pair ranks #386,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of repère vs report
Shared letters: epr. Private to "repère": è. Private to "report": ot.
"repère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "report" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- report ← erport · reoprt · reporrt · reportt · repotr · repport · reprot · rpeort
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repère" for "report" ever safe?
Which is more common, "repère" or "report"?
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 "repère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "report" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repère" and "report" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repère". 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 #386,004 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.