Which to use
“repoussées” and “repoussés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,015
- “repoussées” frequency rank
- #27,942
- “repoussés” frequency rank
- 66957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repoussées | repoussés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de repoussé. | Masculin pluriel de repoussé. |
Same sound, different letters: repoussées vs repoussés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. repoussées runs 10 letters (CVCVVCCVVC) against repoussés's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: repoussées vs repoussés
This is the hard kind. repoussées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repoussées is recorded at frequency rank #39,015, 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 66957, this pair ranks #65,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repoussées vs repoussés
Shared letters: eoprsué. Private to "repoussées": -. Private to "repoussés": -.
"repoussées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVC · "repoussés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repoussées" and "repoussés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "repoussées" vs "repoussés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussées" 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 #65,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repoussées" and "repoussés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repoussées vs repoussent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #65,544 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.