replientvsreplisConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#47,570
“replient” frequency rank
#39,502
“replis” frequency rank
87072
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replient replis
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de replier. Pluriel de repli.

Same sound, different letters: replient vs replis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

8 ch
replient
6 ch
replis

Homophone desk: replient vs replis

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: replient and replis carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.pli\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87072, 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\. replis is at rank #39,502, tagged as anoun, 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 87072, this pair ranks #8,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of replient vs replis

Shared letters: eilpr. Private to "replient": nt. Private to "replis": s.

"replient" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "replis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • replienterplient · relpient · repilent · repleint · repliennt · replientt · replietn · replinet
  • repliserplis · relpis · repils · repliss · repllis · replsi · repplis · rpelis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "replient" for "replis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "replient" is a verb and "replis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "replient" or "replis" show up more?
"replis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,502 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.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "replient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replient" and "replis" 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 #8,808 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