repliéevsreplientTell them apart

Which to use

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

#41,498
“repliée” frequency rank
#47,570
“replient” frequency rank
89068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repliée replient
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de replier. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de replier.

Where the eye mixes repliée and replient

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
repliée
8 ch
replient

Visual trap between repliée and replient

A purely visual mix-up. repliée (\ʁə.pli.je\) and replient (\ʁə.pli\) 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 89068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repliée is recorded at frequency rank #41,498, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\. replient is at rank #47,570, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli\.

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 89068, this pair ranks #6,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repliée vs replient

Shared letters: eilpr. Private to "repliée": é. Private to "replient": nt.

"repliée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV  ·  "replient" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • replienterplient · relpient · repilent · repleint · repliennt · replientt · replietn · replinet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repliée" and "replient" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pli.je\ versus \ʁə.pli\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "repliée" vs "replient" - which ranks higher?
"repliée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,498 in our French list, against #47,570 for "replient". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repliée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repliée" and "replient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rallient vs replient". 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 #6,213 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