Which to use
“reposé” is a verb and “repost” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,794
- “reposé” frequency rank
- #39,975
- “repost” frequency rank
- 65769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposé | repost |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe reposer. | Caché. |
Letter map: reposé vs repost
Shared letters muted; letters that set reposé and repost apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. reposé (CVCVCV) and repost (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for reposé / repost
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reposé is averb and repostanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - é in “reposé” becomes t in “repost”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65769, 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\. repost is at rank #39,975, tagged as anadj.
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 65769, this pair ranks #70,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reposé vs repost
Shared letters: eoprs. Private to "reposé": é. Private to "repost": t.
"reposé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repost ← erpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reposé" and "repost" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "reposé" or "repost" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "reposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposé" and "repost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposée vs repost". 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 #70,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.