repéréesvsrepèrentConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#43,637
“repérées” frequency rank
#45,837
“repèrent” frequency rank
89474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repérées repèrent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de repérer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de repérer.

Where the eye mixes repérées and repèrent

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

8 ch
repérées
8 ch
repèrent

Why the eye confuses repérées with repèrent

A purely visual mix-up. repérées (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and repèrent (\ʁə.pɛʁ\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repérées is recorded at frequency rank #43,637, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pe.ʁe\. repèrent is at rank #45,837, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɛʁ\.

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 89474, this pair ranks #5,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repérées vs repèrent

Shared letters: epr. Private to "repérées": sé. Private to "repèrent": ntè.

"repérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "repèrent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repérées" for "repèrent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\ versus \ʁə.pɛʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repérées" or "repèrent"?
"repérées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,637 in our French list, against #45,837 for "repèrent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "repérées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repèrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repérées" and "repèrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs repèrent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #5,760 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