repérésvsreportésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#22,073
“repérés” frequency rank
#35,250
“reportés” frequency rank
57323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repérés reportés
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de repérer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de reporter.

Where the eye mixes repérés and reportés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. repérés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against reportés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
repérés
8 ch
reportés

Visual trap between repérés and reportés

A purely visual mix-up. repérés (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and reportés (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) 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 57323, 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\. reportés is at rank #35,250, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.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 57323, this pair ranks #115,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repérés vs reportés

Shared letters: eprsé. Private to "repérés": -. Private to "reportés": ot.

"repérés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "reportés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repérés" for "reportés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\ versus \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "repérés" or "reportés" show up more?
"repérés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,073 in our French list, against #35,250 for "reportés". 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 "repérés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repérés" and "reportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs reportés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #115,740 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