Which to use
“réprimé” and “réprimées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,145
- “réprimé” frequency rank
- #45,853
- “réprimées” frequency rank
- 81998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réprimé | réprimées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de réprimer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de réprimer. |
Same sound, different letters: réprimé vs réprimées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. réprimé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against réprimées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - réprimé / réprimées
This is the hard kind. réprimé and réprimées are pronounced identically (\ʁe.pʁi.me\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “réprimé” sits inside “réprimées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réprimé is recorded at frequency rank #36,145, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pʁi.me\. réprimées is at rank #45,853, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pʁi.me\.
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 81998, this pair ranks #17,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of réprimé vs réprimées
Shared letters: impré. Private to "réprimé": -. Private to "réprimées": es.
"réprimé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "réprimées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réprimé" and "réprimées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "réprimé" or "réprimées" show up more?
What to do next
"réprimé" and "réprimées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "réprimé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réprimées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réprimé" and "réprimées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réprimées vs réprimés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #17,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.