Which to use
“repérée” and “repérer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,474
- “repérée” frequency rank
- #8,455
- “repérer” frequency rank
- 33929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repérée | repérer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de repérer. | Marquer, indiquer des repères. |
Same sound, different letters: repérée vs repérer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. repérée (CVCVCVV) and repérer (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: repérée vs repérer
This is the hard kind. repérée and repérer are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repérée is recorded at frequency rank #25,474, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pe.ʁe\. repérer is at rank #8,455, 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 33929, this pair ranks #287,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repérée vs repérer
Shared letters: epré. Private to "repérée": -. Private to "repérer": -.
"repérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "repérer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repérée" for "repérer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "repérée" vs "repérer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "repérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repérer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repérée" and "repérer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repérée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #287,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.