réprimé vs repris, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“réprimé” is a verb and “repris” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,145
“réprimé” frequency rank: #2,492
“repris” frequency rank: 38637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	réprimé	repris
Definition	Participe passé masculin singulier de réprimer.	Qui a été pris à nouveau.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set réprimé and repris apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

réprimé

6 ch

repris

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réprimé is \ʁe.pʁi.me\ while repris is \ʁə.pʁi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38637, 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\. repris is at rank #2,492, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.pʁi\.

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 38637, this pair ranks #253,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réprimé vs repris

Shared letters: ipr. Private to "réprimé": mé. Private to "repris": es.

"réprimé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "repris" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

repris ← erpris · repirs · reppris · repriss · reprris · reprsi · rerpis · rperis

Frequency comparison

réprimé#36,145

repris#2,492

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réprimé" and "repris" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réprimé" is a verb and "repris" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "réprimé" or "repris"?

"repris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,492 in our French list, against #36,145 for "réprimé". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering réprimé vs repris

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “réprimé”; for an adjective, it's “repris”.
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