Which to use
“replié” and “repliés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,689
- “replié” frequency rank
- #44,142
- “repliés” frequency rank
- 75831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | replié | repliés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de replier. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de replier. |
Same sound, different letters: replié vs repliés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. replié runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against repliés's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - replié / repliés
This is the hard kind. replié and repliés 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 extra letter(s) - “replié” sits inside “repliés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75831, 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\. repliés is at rank #44,142, 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 75831, this pair ranks #32,891 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of replié vs repliés
Shared letters: eilpré. Private to "replié": -. Private to "repliés": s.
"replié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "repliés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "replié" for "repliés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "replié" or "repliés" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "replié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,891 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "replié" and "repliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repliés vs réprimés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,891 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.