répitvsrepostWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: répit is a noun, repost is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“répit” is a noun and “repost” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,232
“répit” frequency rank
#39,975
“repost” frequency rank
56207
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature répit repost
Definition Relâche, délai, action de surseoir. Caché.

Letter map: répit vs repost

Shared letters muted; letters that set répit and repost apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. répit runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against repost's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
répit
6 ch
repost

Part-of-speech tell for répit / repost

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: répit is anoun and repostanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56207, 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\. repost is at rank #39,975, tagged as anadj.

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 56207, this pair ranks #122,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of répit vs repost

Shared letters: prt. Private to "répit": ié. Private to "repost": eos.

"répit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repost ← erpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "répit" and "repost" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "répit" is a noun and "repost" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "répit" or "repost"?
"répit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,232 in our French list, against #39,975 for "repost". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "répit" vs "repost" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "répit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #122,550 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "répit" and "repost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposée vs repost". 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 #122,550 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