Which to use
“reposé” and “reposez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,794
- “reposé” frequency rank
- #30,339
- “reposez” frequency rank
- 56133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposé | reposez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe reposer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reposer. |
Same sound, different letters: reposé vs reposez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. reposé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reposez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - reposé and reposez
This is the hard kind. reposé and reposez are pronounced identically (\ʁə.po.ze\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reposé is recorded at frequency rank #25,794, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.po.ze\. reposez is at rank #30,339, tagged as averb, 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 56133, this pair ranks #123,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reposé vs reposez
Shared letters: eoprs. Private to "reposé": é. Private to "reposez": z.
"reposé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reposez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reposez ← erposez · reopsez · repoesz · reposezz · repossez · reposze · repposez · repsoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reposé" for "reposez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "reposé" vs "reposez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "reposé" / "reposez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "reposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposé" and "reposez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposera vs reposez". 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 #123,050 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.