Which to use
“repoussé” and “repoussés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,289
- “repoussé” frequency rank
- #27,942
- “repoussés” frequency rank
- 39231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repoussé | repoussés |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de repoussé. |
Same sound, different letters: repoussé vs repoussés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. repoussé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against repoussés's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - repoussé / repoussés
This is the hard kind. repoussé and repoussés 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 1 extra letter(s) - “repoussé” sits inside “repoussés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39231, 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\. repoussés is at rank #27,942, 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 39231, this pair ranks #249,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repoussé vs repoussés
Shared letters: eoprsué. Private to "repoussé": -. Private to "repoussés": -.
"repoussé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "repoussés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repoussé" for "repoussés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "repoussé" or "repoussés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "repoussé" / "repoussés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repoussé" and "repoussés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repoussées vs repoussés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #249,505 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.