Which to use
“reprocher” and “reprochés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,754
- “reprocher” frequency rank
- #32,157
- “reprochés” frequency rank
- 39911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprocher | reprochés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Imputer la faute à quelqu’un, en l’en blâmant, en lui en faisant des remontrances. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de reprocher. |
Same sound, different letters: reprocher vs reprochés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. reprocher and reprochés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - reprocher / reprochés
This is the hard kind. reprocher and reprochés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reprocher is recorded at frequency rank #7,754, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe\. reprochés is at rank #32,157, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe\.
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 39911, this pair ranks #244,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reprocher vs reprochés
Shared letters: cehopr. Private to "reprocher": -. Private to "reprochés": sé.
"reprocher" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "reprochés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprocher ← erprocher · reporcher · repprocher · reprcoher · reproccher · reprocehr · reprocherr · reprochher
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reprocher" for "reprochés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reprocher" or "reprochés"?
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 "reprocher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reprochés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprocher" and "reprochés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprochés vs reprochez". 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 #244,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.