Which to use
“replier” and “repliés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,145
- “replier” frequency rank
- #44,142
- “repliés” frequency rank
- 65287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | replier | repliés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plier une chose qui avait été dépliée. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de replier. |
Same sound, different letters: replier vs repliés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: replier vs repliés
This is the hard kind. replier and repliés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pli.je\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
replier is recorded at frequency rank #21,145, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\. 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 65287, this pair ranks #73,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of replier vs repliés
Shared letters: eilpr. Private to "replier": -. Private to "repliés": sé.
"replier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "repliés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- replier ← erplier · relpier · repiler · repleir · replierr · replire · repllier · repplier
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "replier" and "repliés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "replier" or "repliés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "replier" / "repliés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "replier" 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 #73,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "replier" and "repliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repliés vs réprimés". 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 #73,027 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.