Which to use
“repoussée” and “repoussés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,307
- “repoussée” frequency rank
- #27,942
- “repoussés” frequency rank
- 46249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repoussée | repoussés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de repoussé. | Masculin pluriel de repoussé. |
Same sound, different letters: repoussée vs repoussés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. repoussée (CVCVVCCVV) and repoussés (CVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - repoussée / repoussés
This is the hard kind. repoussée 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 a single letter - e in “repoussée” becomes s in “repoussés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repoussée is recorded at frequency rank #18,307, 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 46249, this pair ranks #196,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repoussée vs repoussés
Shared letters: eoprsué. Private to "repoussée": -. Private to "repoussés": -.
"repoussée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV · "repoussés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "repoussée" / "repoussés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussée" 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 #196,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repoussée" and "repoussés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repoussées vs repoussés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #196,404 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.