Which to use
“repoussé” and “repoussées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,289
- “repoussé” frequency rank
- #39,015
- “repoussées” frequency rank
- 50304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repoussé | repoussées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie la matière en plaque (cuir ou métal), que l’on a décoré en le travaillant à l’envers, au marteau ou avec des instruments spéciaux. | Féminin pluriel de repoussé. |
Same sound, different letters: repoussé vs repoussées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. repoussé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against repoussées's 10 (CVCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - repoussé and repoussées
This is the hard kind. repoussé and repoussées are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pu.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “repoussé” sits inside “repoussées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repoussé is recorded at frequency rank #11,289, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pu.se\. repoussées is at rank #39,015, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pu.se\.
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 50304, this pair ranks #163,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repoussé vs repoussées
Shared letters: eoprsué. Private to "repoussé": -. Private to "repoussées": -.
"repoussé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "repoussées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "repoussé" and "repoussées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "repoussé" vs "repoussées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"repoussé" and "repoussées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repoussé" and "repoussées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repoussées vs repoussés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #163,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.