repliéevsrepriseWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: repliée is a verb, reprise is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“repliée” is a verb and “reprise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,498
“repliée” frequency rank
#2,015
“reprise” frequency rank
43513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repliée reprise
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de replier. Action de reprendre.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set repliée and reprise apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
repliée
7 ch
reprise

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repliée is \ʁə.pli.je\ while reprise is \ʁə.pʁiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43513, 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\. reprise is at rank #2,015, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pʁiz\.

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 43513, this pair ranks #217,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repliée vs reprise

Shared letters: eipr. Private to "repliée": . Private to "reprise": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repriseerprise · repirse · repprise · repries · reprisse · reprrise · reprsie · rerpise

Frequency comparison

repliée#41,498
reprise#2,015

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repliée" and "reprise" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repliée" is a verb and "reprise" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "repliée" or "reprise"?
"reprise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,015 in our French list, against #41,498 for "repliée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering repliée vs reprise

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “repliée”; for a noun, it's “reprise”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “repliée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list