repliéevsrépriméeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#41,498
“repliée” frequency rank
#38,030
“réprimée” frequency rank
79528
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repliée réprimée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de replier. Participe passé féminin singulier de réprimer.

Where the eye mixes repliée and réprimée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. repliée runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against réprimée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
repliée
8 ch
réprimée

Why the eye confuses repliée with réprimée

A purely visual mix-up. repliée (\ʁə.pli.je\) and réprimée (\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 79528, 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\. réprimée is at rank #38,030, 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 79528, this pair ranks #23,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repliée vs réprimée

Shared letters: eipré. Private to "repliée": l. Private to "réprimée": m.

"repliée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV  ·  "réprimée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repliée" and "réprimée" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "repliée" or "réprimée"?
"réprimée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,030 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "repliée" and "réprimée" 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 "réprimée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repliée" and "réprimée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repliée vs replient". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #23,060 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