Which to use
“reposaient” and “reposait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,571
- “reposaient” frequency rank
- #21,754
- “reposait” frequency rank
- 69325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposaient | reposait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de reposer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de reposer. |
Same sound, different letters: reposaient vs reposait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. reposaient runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVVCC) against reposait's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: reposaient vs reposait
This is the hard kind. reposaient and reposait are pronounced identically (\ʁə.po.zɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reposaient is recorded at frequency rank #47,571, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.po.zɛ\. reposait is at rank #21,754, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.po.zɛ\.
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 69325, this pair ranks #55,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reposaient vs reposait
Shared letters: aeioprst. Private to "reposaient": n. Private to "reposait": -.
"reposaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC · "reposait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reposaient ← erposaient · reopsaient · repoasient · reposaeint · reposaiennt · reposaientt · reposaietn · reposainet
- reposait ← erposait · reopsait · repoasit · reposaitt · reposati · reposiat · repossait · repposait
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"reposaient" and "reposait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "reposaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reposait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposaient" and "reposait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "répondaient vs reposaient". 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 #55,579 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.