Which to use
“réprimé” is a verb and “reprise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,145
- “réprimé” frequency rank
- #2,015
- “reprise” frequency rank
- 38160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réprimé | reprise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de réprimer. | Action de reprendre. |
Where the eye mixes réprimé and reprise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réprimé and reprise follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: réprimé vs reprise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réprimé is \ʁe.pʁi.me\ while reprise is \ʁə.pʁiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38160, 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\. reprise is at rank #2,015, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pʁiz\.
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 38160, this pair ranks #257,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of réprimé vs reprise
Shared letters: ipr. Private to "réprimé": mé. Private to "reprise": es.
"réprimé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "reprise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprise ← erprise · repirse · repprise · repries · reprisse · reprrise · reprsie · rerpise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "réprimé" for "reprise" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "réprimé" or "reprise" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "réprimé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reprise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réprimé" and "reprise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réprimé vs réprimés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #257,232 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.