Which to use
“repère” is a noun and “reporté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,735
- “repère” frequency rank
- #15,484
- “reporté” frequency rank
- 25219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repère | reporté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trait, marque que l’on fait pour retrouver une hauteur, une distance, un alignement, pour ajuster avec exactitude différentes pièces d’un ouvrage. | Participe passé masculin singulier de reporter. |
Where the eye mixes repère and reporté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. repère runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reporté's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: repère vs reporté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repère is \ʁə.pɛʁ\ while reporté is \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25219, 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\. reporté is at rank #15,484, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\.
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 25219, this pair ranks #342,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of repère vs reporté
Shared letters: epr. Private to "repère": è. Private to "reporté": oté.
"repère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reporté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repère" for "reporté" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "repère" or "reporté" show up more?
What to do next
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 "reporté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repère" and "reporté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs reporté". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.