Which to use
“répond” is a verb and “repost” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,755
- “répond” frequency rank
- #39,975
- “repost” frequency rank
- 41730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | répond | repost |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répondre. | Caché. |
Letter map: répond vs repost
Shared letters muted; letters that set répond and repost apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. répond and repost follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for répond / repost
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: répond is averb and repostanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
répond is recorded at frequency rank #1,755, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃\. repost is at rank #39,975, tagged as anadj.
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 41730, this pair ranks #230,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of répond vs repost
Shared letters: opr. Private to "répond": dné. Private to "repost": est.
"répond" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repost ← erpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "répond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "répond" and "repost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposée vs repost". 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 #230,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.