repéréevsrepliéeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,474
“repérée” frequency rank
#41,498
“repliée” frequency rank
66972
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repérée repliée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de repérer. Participe passé féminin singulier de replier.

Where the eye mixes repérée and repliée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. repérée (CVCVCVV) and repliée (CVCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
repérée
7 ch
repliée

Visual trap between repérée and repliée

A purely visual mix-up. repérée (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and repliée (\ʁə.pli.je\) 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 66972, 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\. repliée is at rank #41,498, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\.

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 66972, this pair ranks #65,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repérée vs repliée

Shared letters: epré. Private to "repérée": -. Private to "repliée": il.

"repérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "repliée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repérée" and "repliée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\ versus \ʁə.pli.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "repérée" vs "repliée" - which ranks higher?
"repérée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,474 in our French list, against #41,498 for "repliée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repliée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repérée" and "repliée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repliée vs replient". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #65,481 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