replisvsreprisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: replis is a noun, repris is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#39,502
“replis” frequency rank
#2,492
“repris” frequency rank
41994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replis repris
Definition Pluriel de repli. Qui a été pris à nouveau.

Where the eye mixes replis and repris

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. replis and repris follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
replis
6 ch
repris

Visual trap between replis and repris

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: replis is \ʁə.pli\ while repris is \ʁə.pʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - l in “replis” becomes r in “repris”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

replis is recorded at frequency rank #39,502, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pli\. repris is at rank #2,492, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pʁi\.

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 41994, this pair ranks #229,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of replis vs repris

Shared letters: eiprs. Private to "replis": l. Private to "repris": -.

"replis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "repris" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • replis ← erplis · relpis · repils · repliss · repllis · replsi · repplis · rpelis
  • repris ← erpris · repirs · reppris · repriss · reprris · reprsi · rerpis · rperis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "replis" and "repris" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "replis" is a noun and "repris" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "replis" vs "repris" - which ranks higher?
"repris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,492 in our French list, against #39,502 for "replis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "replis" and "repris" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "replis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #229,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replis" and "repris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs replis". 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 #229,000 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