Which to use
“repèrent” and “reprirent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,837
- “repèrent” frequency rank
- #42,578
- “reprirent” frequency rank
- 88415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repèrent | reprirent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de repérer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de reprendre. |
Where the eye mixes repèrent and reprirent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. repèrent runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against reprirent's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses repèrent with reprirent
A purely visual mix-up. repèrent (\ʁə.pɛʁ\) and reprirent (\ʁə.pʁiʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repèrent is recorded at frequency rank #45,837, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɛʁ\. reprirent is at rank #42,578, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁiʁ\.
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 88415, this pair ranks #7,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repèrent vs reprirent
Shared letters: enprt. Private to "repèrent": è. Private to "reprirent": i.
"repèrent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "reprirent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprirent ← erprirent · repirrent · repprirent · repriernt · reprirennt · reprirentt · repriretn · reprirnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repèrent" and "reprirent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "repèrent" vs "reprirent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "repèrent" and "reprirent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "repèrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reprirent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repèrent" and "reprirent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs repèrent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #7,021 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.