Which to use
“replacé” and “replacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,141
- “replacé” frequency rank
- #22,070
- “replacer” frequency rank
- 66211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | replacé | replacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de replacer. | Remettre à sa place. |
Same sound, different letters: replacé vs replacer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - replacé and replacer
This is the hard kind. replacé and replacer are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pla.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
replacé is recorded at frequency rank #44,141, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pla.se\. replacer is at rank #22,070, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pla.se\.
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 66211, this pair ranks #68,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of replacé vs replacer
Shared letters: acelpr. Private to "replacé": é. Private to "replacer": -.
"replacé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "replacer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- replacer ← erplacer · relpacer · repalcer · replaccer · replacerr · replacre · replaecr · replcaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "replacé" and "replacer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "replacé" or "replacer" show up more?
What to do next
"replacé" and "replacer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "replacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "replacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "replacé" and "replacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "replacé vs retracé". 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 #68,812 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.