replacévsrepliéWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#44,141
“replacé” frequency rank
#31,689
“replié” frequency rank
75830
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replacé replié
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de replacer. Participe passé masculin singulier de replier.

Where the eye mixes replacé and replié

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. replacé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against replié's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
replacé
6 ch
replié

Look-alike desk: replacé vs replié

A purely visual mix-up. replacé (\ʁə.pla.se\) and replié (\ʁə.pli.je\) 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 75830, 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\. replié is at rank #31,689, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\.

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 75830, this pair ranks #32,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of replacé vs replié

Shared letters: elpré. Private to "replacé": ac. Private to "replié": i.

"replacé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "replié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "replacé" and "replié" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pla.se\ versus \ʁə.pli.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "replacé" vs "replié" - which ranks higher?
"replié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,689 in our French list, against #44,141 for "replacé". 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 "replacé" and "replié" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "replacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replacé" and "replié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "replacé vs retracé". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #32,894 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