Which to use
“reposaient” is a verb and “reposant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,571
- “reposaient” frequency rank
- #11,844
- “reposant” frequency rank
- 59415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposaient | reposant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de reposer. | Qui repose. |
Where the eye mixes reposaient and reposant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reposaient runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVVCC) against reposant's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between reposaient and reposant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reposaient is \ʁə.po.zɛ\ while reposant is \ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59415, 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\. reposant is at rank #11,844, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\.
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 59415, this pair ranks #103,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reposaient vs reposant
Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "reposaient": i. Private to "reposant": -.
"reposaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC · "reposant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reposaient ← erposaient · reopsaient · repoasient · reposaeint · reposaiennt · reposaientt · reposaietn · reposainet
- reposant ← erposant · reopsant · repoasnt · reposannt · reposantt · reposatn · reposnat · repossant
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reposaient" and "reposant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reposaient" or "reposant"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reposaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reposant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposaient" and "reposant" 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 #103,270 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.