repliévsrésiliéConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#31,689
“replié” frequency rank
#35,262
“résilié” frequency rank
66951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replié résilié
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de replier. Participe passé masculin singulier de résilier.

Where the eye mixes replié and résilié

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

6 ch
replié
7 ch
résilié

Visual trap between replié and résilié

A purely visual mix-up. replié (\ʁə.pli.je\) and résilié (\ʁe.zi.lje\) 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 66951, 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\. résilié is at rank #35,262, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.zi.lje\.

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 66951, this pair ranks #65,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of replié vs résilié

Shared letters: ilré. Private to "replié": ep. Private to "résilié": s.

"replié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "résilié" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "replié" and "résilié" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pli.je\ versus \ʁe.zi.lje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "replié" or "résilié" show up more?
"replié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,689 in our French list, against #35,262 for "résilié". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "replié" and "résilié" 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 "résilié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replié" and "résilié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs replié". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #65,567 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