Which to use
“reprochés” and “reprochez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,157
- “reprochés” frequency rank
- #46,997
- “reprochez” frequency rank
- 79154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprochés | reprochez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de reprocher. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reprocher. |
Same sound, different letters: reprochés vs reprochez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. reprochés and reprochez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - reprochés and reprochez
This is the hard kind. reprochés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reprochés is recorded at frequency rank #32,157, 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 79154, this pair ranks #23,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reprochés vs reprochez
Shared letters: cehopr. Private to "reprochés": sé. Private to "reprochez": z.
"reprochés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "reprochez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprochez ← erprochez · reporchez · repprochez · reprcohez · reprocchez · reprocehz · reprochezz · reprochhez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"reprochés" and "reprochez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "reprochés" 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 #23,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprochés" and "reprochez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprochent 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 #23,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.