repliévsrépriméWhich spelling fits?

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

#31,689
“replié” frequency rank
#36,145
“réprimé” frequency rank
67834
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replié réprimé
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de replier. Participe passé masculin singulier de réprimer.

Where the eye mixes replié and réprimé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. replié runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against réprimé's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
replié
7 ch
réprimé

Look-alike desk: replié vs réprimé

A purely visual mix-up. replié (\ʁə.pli.je\) and réprimé (\ʁe.pʁi.me\) 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 67834, 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\. réprimé is at rank #36,145, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pʁi.me\.

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 67834, this pair ranks #61,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of replié vs réprimé

Shared letters: ipré. Private to "replié": el. Private to "réprimé": m.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "replié" for "réprimé" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pli.je\ versus \ʁe.pʁi.me\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "replié" vs "réprimé" - which ranks higher?
"replié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,689 in our French list, against #36,145 for "réprimé". 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 "replié" and "réprimé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "replié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réprimé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replié" and "réprimé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réprimé vs réprimés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #61,725 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