repérésvsrépétezWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#22,073
“repérés” frequency rank
#32,578
“répétez” frequency rank
54651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repérés répétez
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de repérer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de répéter.

Where the eye mixes repérés and répétez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. repérés and répétez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
repérés
7 ch
répétez

Why the eye confuses repérés with répétez

A purely visual mix-up. repérés (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and répétez (\ʁe.pe.te\) 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 54651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repérés is recorded at frequency rank #22,073, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pe.ʁe\. répétez is at rank #32,578, tagged as averb, 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 54651, this pair ranks #132,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repérés vs répétez

Shared letters: epré. Private to "repérés": s. Private to "répétez": tz.

"repérés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "répétez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repérés" and "répétez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\ versus \ʁe.pe.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repérés" or "répétez"?
"repérés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,073 in our French list, against #32,578 for "répétez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "repérés" and "répétez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repérés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "répétez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repérés" and "répétez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparez vs répétez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #132,599 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