replientvsrepliésTell them apart

Which to use

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

#47,570
“replient” frequency rank
#44,142
“repliés” frequency rank
91712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replient repliés
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de replier. Participe passé masculin pluriel de replier.

Where the eye mixes replient and repliés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
replient
7 ch
repliés

Why the eye confuses replient with repliés

A purely visual mix-up. replient (\ʁə.pli\) and repliés (\ʁə.pli.je\) 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 91712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

replient is recorded at frequency rank #47,570, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli\. repliés is at rank #44,142, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\.

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 91712, this pair ranks #3,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of replient vs repliés

Shared letters: eilpr. Private to "replient": nt. Private to "repliés": .

"replient" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "repliés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "replient" and "repliés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pli\ versus \ʁə.pli.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "replient" or "repliés"?
"repliés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,142 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "replient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replient" and "repliés" 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 #3,588 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