réponsesvsreposéeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,149
“réponses” frequency rank
#38,012
“reposée” frequency rank
40161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réponses reposée
Definition Pluriel de réponse. Lieu où une bête sauvage se repose.

Where the eye mixes réponses and reposée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. réponses runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against reposée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
réponses
7 ch
reposée

Look-alike desk: réponses vs reposée

A purely visual mix-up. réponses (\ʁe.pɔ̃s\) and reposée (\ʁə.po.ze\) 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 40161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réponses is recorded at frequency rank #2,149, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃s\. reposée is at rank #38,012, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.po.ze\.

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 40161, this pair ranks #242,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réponses vs reposée

Shared letters: eoprsé. Private to "réponses": n. Private to "reposée": -.

"réponses" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reposée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réponses" for "reposée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.pɔ̃s\ versus \ʁə.po.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "réponses" vs "reposée" - which ranks higher?
"réponses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,149 in our French list, against #38,012 for "reposée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réponses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reposée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #242,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réponses" and "reposée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposée vs reposera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #242,578 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