Which to use
“réprimée” and “réprimées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,030
- “réprimée” frequency rank
- #45,853
- “réprimées” frequency rank
- 83883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réprimée | réprimées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de réprimer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de réprimer. |
Same sound, different letters: réprimée vs réprimées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. réprimée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) 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 - réprimée / réprimées
This is the hard kind. réprimée 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 1 extra letter(s) - “réprimée” sits inside “réprimées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réprimée is recorded at frequency rank #38,030, 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 83883, this pair ranks #14,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of réprimée vs réprimées
Shared letters: eimpré. Private to "réprimée": -. Private to "réprimées": s.
"réprimée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "réprimées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réprimée" and "réprimées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "réprimée" vs "réprimées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "réprimée" 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 #14,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réprimée" and "réprimées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réprimées vs réprimés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #14,006 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.