Which to use
“repérer” and “retirer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,455
- “repérer” frequency rank
- #2,448
- “retirer” frequency rank
- 10903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repérer | retirer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Marquer, indiquer des repères. | Tirer à nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes repérer and retirer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. repérer and retirer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: repérer vs retirer
A purely visual mix-up. repérer (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and retirer (\ʁə.ti.ʁe\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repérer is recorded at frequency rank #8,455, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pe.ʁe\. retirer is at rank #2,448, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ti.ʁe\.
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 10903, this pair ranks #411,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of repérer vs retirer
Shared letters: er. Private to "repérer": pé. Private to "retirer": it.
"repérer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "retirer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- retirer ← ertirer · reitrer · retierr · retirerr · retirre · retirrer · retrier · rettirer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repérer" and "retirer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "repérer" or "retirer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "repérer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retirer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repérer" and "retirer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparez vs repérer". 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 #411,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.