répétéevsrépétezWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: répétée is a adjective, répétez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“répétée” is an adjective and “répétez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,584
“répétée” frequency rank
#32,578
“répétez” frequency rank
51162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature répétée répétez
Definition Féminin singulier de répété. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de répéter.

Same sound, different letters: répétée vs répétez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. répétée (CVCVCVV) and répétez (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
répétée
7 ch
répétez

Ear matches; page differs - répétée and répétez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: répétée and répétez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.pe.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

répétée is recorded at frequency rank #18,584, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.pe.te\. 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 51162, this pair ranks #157,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of répétée vs répétez

Shared letters: eprté. Private to "répétée": -. Private to "répétez": z.

"répétée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "répétez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "répétée" and "répétez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "répétée" is an adjective and "répétez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "répétée" or "répétez" show up more?
"répétée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,584 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

You've separated the homophone pair "répétée" / "répétez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "répétée" 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 #157,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "répétée" and "répétez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparez vs répétez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #157,100 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