Which to use
“replié” and “replier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,689
- “replié” frequency rank
- #21,145
- “replier” frequency rank
- 52834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | replié | replier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de replier. | Plier une chose qui avait été dépliée. |
Same sound, different letters: replié vs replier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - replié / replier
This is the hard kind. replié and replier are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pli.je\) 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 52834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
replié is recorded at frequency rank #31,689, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\. replier is at rank #21,145, 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 52834, this pair ranks #144,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of replié vs replier
Shared letters: eilpr. Private to "replié": é. Private to "replier": -.
"replié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "replier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- replier ← erplier · relpier · repiler · repleir · replierr · replire · repllier · repplier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "replié" for "replier" ever safe?
Which is more common, "replié" or "replier"?
After this comparison
"replié" and "replier" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "replié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "replier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "replié" and "replier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs replié". 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 #144,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.