repéréesvsrépétéeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: repérées is a verb, répétée is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“repérées” is a verb and “répétée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,637
“repérées” frequency rank
#18,584
“répétée” frequency rank
62221
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repérées répétée
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de repérer. Féminin singulier de répété.

Where the eye mixes repérées and répétée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. repérées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against répétée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
repérées
7 ch
répétée

Look-alike desk: repérées vs répétée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repérées is \ʁə.pe.ʁe\ while répétée is \ʁe.pe.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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62221, 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\. répétée is at rank #18,584, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.pe.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 62221, this pair ranks #88,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repérées vs répétée

Shared letters: epré. Private to "repérées": s. Private to "répétée": t.

"repérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "répétée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repérées" and "répétée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repérées" is a verb and "répétée" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "repérées" or "répétée"?
"répétée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,584 in our French list, against #43,637 for "repérées". 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 "répétée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,252 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repérées" and "répétée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs repèrent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #88,252 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