Which to use
“reposer” and “reposez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,393
- “reposer” frequency rank
- #30,339
- “reposez” frequency rank
- 35732
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposer | reposez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poser de nouveau ; poser une chose à l’endroit où on l’avait prise. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reposer. |
Same sound, different letters: reposer vs reposez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. reposer and reposez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: reposer vs reposez
This is the hard kind. reposer 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 a single letter - r in “reposer” becomes z in “reposez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reposer is recorded at frequency rank #5,393, 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 35732, this pair ranks #274,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reposer vs reposez
Shared letters: eoprs. Private to "reposer": -. Private to "reposez": z.
"reposer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "reposez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reposer" for "reposez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "reposer" or "reposez" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "reposer" 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 #274,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposer" 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 #274,634 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.