répitvsreplisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#16,232
“répit” frequency rank
#39,502
“replis” frequency rank
55734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature répit replis
Definition Relâche, délai, action de surseoir. Pluriel de repli.

Where the eye mixes répit and replis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
répit
6 ch
replis

Why the eye confuses répit with replis

A purely visual mix-up. répit (\ʁe.pi\) and replis (\ʁə.pli\) 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 55734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

répit is recorded at frequency rank #16,232, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.pi\. replis is at rank #39,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pli\.

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 55734, this pair ranks #125,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of répit vs replis

Shared letters: ipr. Private to "répit": . Private to "replis": els.

"répit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "replis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repliserplis · relpis · repils · repliss · repllis · replsi · repplis · rpelis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "répit" and "replis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.pi\ versus \ʁə.pli\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "répit" or "replis" show up more?
"répit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,232 in our French list, against #39,502 for "replis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "répit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #125,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "répit" and "replis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs replis". 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 #125,556 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