Which to use
“repos” and “ros” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,894
- “repos” frequency rank
- #41,507
- “ros” frequency rank
- 44401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repos | ros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Privation, cessation de mouvement, d’activité ou d’effort. | Peigne placé sur le battant du métier à tisser et entre les dents duquel on place un ou plusieurs fils de chaîne. |
Where the eye mixes repos and ros
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. repos runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against ros's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: repos vs ros
A purely visual mix-up. repos (\ʁə.po\) and ros (\ʁo\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repos is recorded at frequency rank #2,894, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.po\. ros is at rank #41,507, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁo\.
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 44401, this pair ranks #210,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repos vs ros
Shared letters: ors. Private to "repos": ep. Private to "ros": -.
"repos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "ros" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repos ← erpos · reops · reposs · reppos · repso · rpeos · rrepos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repos" for "ros" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "repos" or "ros" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "repos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repos" and "ros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ros vs roya". 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 #210,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.