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Which to use

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

#41,498
“repliée” frequency rank
#36,145
“réprimé” frequency rank
77643
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repliée réprimé
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de replier. Participe passé masculin singulier de réprimer.

Where the eye mixes repliée and réprimé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. repliée (CVCCVVV) and réprimé (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
repliée
7 ch
réprimé

Why the eye confuses repliée with réprimé

A purely visual mix-up. repliée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77643, 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\. 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 77643, this pair ranks #27,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repliée vs réprimé

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

"repliée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV  ·  "réprimé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repliée" and "réprimé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary French text, does "repliée" or "réprimé" show up more?
"réprimé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,145 in our French list, against #41,498 for "repliée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "repliée" and "réprimé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repliée" 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 #27,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repliée" and "réprimé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repliée vs replient". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,808 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