repéréevsreportéConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#25,474
“repérée” frequency rank
#15,484
“reporté” frequency rank
40958
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repérée reporté
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de repérer. Participe passé masculin singulier de reporter.

Where the eye mixes repérée and reporté

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

7 ch
repérée
7 ch
reporté

Look-alike desk: repérée vs reporté

A purely visual mix-up. repérée (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and reporté (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40958, 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\. 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 40958, this pair ranks #236,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repérée vs reporté

Shared letters: epré. Private to "repérée": -. Private to "reporté": ot.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repérée" and "reporté" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\ versus \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repérée" or "reporté"?
"reporté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,484 in our French list, against #25,474 for "repérée". 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 "repérée" and "reporté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repérée" 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 #236,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repérée" and "reporté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repérée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #236,654 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