Which to use
“reposant” and “repoussant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,844
- “reposant” frequency rank
- #22,681
- “repoussant” frequency rank
- 34525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposant | repoussant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui repose. | Qui inspire de l’aversion, du dégoût. |
Where the eye mixes reposant and repoussant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reposant runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against repoussant's 10 (CVCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses reposant with repoussant
A purely visual mix-up. reposant (\ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\) and repoussant (\ʁə.pu.sɑ̃\) 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 34525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reposant is recorded at frequency rank #11,844, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\. repoussant is at rank #22,681, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pu.sɑ̃\.
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 34525, this pair ranks #283,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reposant vs repoussant
Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "reposant": -. Private to "repoussant": u.
"reposant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "repoussant" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reposant ← erposant · reopsant · repoasnt · reposannt · reposantt · reposatn · reposnat · repossant
- repoussant ← erpoussant · reopussant · reposusant · repousant · repousasnt · repoussannt · repoussantt · repoussatn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reposant" and "repoussant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "reposant" or "repoussant" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "reposant" and "repoussant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reposant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #283,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposant" and "repoussant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposant vs revoyant". 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 #283,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.