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“reprocher” and “reprochez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,754
“reprocher” frequency rank
#46,997
“reprochez” frequency rank
54751
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reprocher reprochez
Definition Imputer la faute à quelqu’un, en l’en blâmant, en lui en faisant des remontrances. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reprocher.

Same sound, different letters: reprocher vs reprochez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. reprocher and reprochez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
reprocher
9 ch
reprochez

Homophone desk: reprocher vs reprochez

This is the hard kind. reprocher and reprochez 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 differ by a single letter - r in “reprocher” becomes z in “reprochez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54751, 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\. reprochez is at rank #46,997, 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 54751, this pair ranks #131,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reprocher vs reprochez

Shared letters: cehopr. Private to "reprocher": -. Private to "reprochez": z.

"reprocher" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "reprochez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reprocher ← erprocher · reporcher · repprocher · reprcoher · reproccher · reprocehr · reprocherr · reprochher
  • reprochez ← erprochez · reporchez · repprochez · reprcohez · reprocchez · reprocehz · reprochezz · reprochhez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reprocher" and "reprochez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.pʁɔ.ʃe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "reprocher" vs "reprochez" - which ranks higher?
"reprocher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,754 in our French list, against #46,997 for "reprochez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "reprochez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #131,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reprocher" and "reprochez" 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 #131,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list