replisvsrepriseWhich spelling fits?

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

#39,502
“replis” frequency rank
#2,015
“reprise” frequency rank
41517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replis reprise
Definition Pluriel de repli. Action de reprendre.

Where the eye mixes replis and reprise

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. replis runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against reprise's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
replis
7 ch
reprise

Visual trap between replis and reprise

A purely visual mix-up. replis (\ʁə.pli\) and reprise (\ʁə.pʁiz\) 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 41517, 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\. 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 41517, this pair ranks #232,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of replis vs reprise

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

"replis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "reprise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • replis ← erplis · relpis · repils · repliss · repllis · replsi · repplis · rpelis
  • reprise ← erprise · repirse · repprise · repries · reprisse · reprrise · reprsie · rerpise

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "replis" and "reprise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pli\ versus \ʁə.pʁiz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "replis" or "reprise"?
"reprise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,015 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "replis" and "reprise" 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 "reprise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replis" and "reprise" 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 #232,511 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