remadevsremakeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“remade” and “remake” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,692
“remade” frequency rank
#9,808
“remake” frequency rank
38500
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remade remake
Definition simple past and past participle of remake To make again.

Where the eye mixes remade and remake

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
remade
6 ch
remake

Visual trap between remade and remake

A purely visual mix-up. remade (/ɹiːˈmeɪd/) and remake (/ɹiːˈmeɪk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - d in “remade” becomes k in “remake”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remade is recorded at frequency rank #28,692, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹiːˈmeɪd/. remake is at rank #9,808, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹiːˈmeɪk/.

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 38500, this pair ranks #285,389 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remade vs remake

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "remade": d. Private to "remake": k.

"remade" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "remake" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remadeermade · reamde · remadde · remaed · remdae · remmade · rmeade · rremade
  • remakeermake · reamke · remaek · remakke · remkae · remmake · rmeake · rremake

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remade" and "remake" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɹiːˈmeɪd/ versus /ɹiːˈmeɪk/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remade" or "remake"?
"remake" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,808 in our English list, against #28,692 for "remade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "remade" and "remake" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remake" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #285,389 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remade" and "remake" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recede vs remade". 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 #285,389 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list