Which to use
“repérées” is a verb and “répétés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,637
- “repérées” frequency rank
- #17,263
- “répétés” frequency rank
- 60900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repérées | répétés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de repérer. | Pluriel de répété. |
Where the eye mixes repérées and répétés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. repérées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against répétés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: repérées vs répétés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repérées is \ʁə.pe.ʁe\ while répétés 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60900, 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\. répétés is at rank #17,263, tagged as anoun, 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 60900, this pair ranks #95,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repérées vs répétés
Shared letters: prsé. Private to "repérées": e. Private to "répétés": t.
"repérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "répétés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repérées" for "répétés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "repérées" or "répétés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "repérées" and "répétés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "repérées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "répétés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repérées" and "répétés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs repèrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #95,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.