remains vs remaking, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,672
“remains” frequency rank: #38,129
“remaking” frequency rank: 39801
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	remains	remaking
Definition	The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.	Re-creation; reconstruction.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remains and remaking apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

remains

8 ch

remaking

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

remains and remaking are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remains is recorded at frequency rank #1,672, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/. remaking is at rank #38,129, tagged as anoun.

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 39801, this pair ranks #273,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remains vs remaking

Shared letters: aeimnr. Private to "remains": s. Private to "remaking": gk.

"remains" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "remaking" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

remains ← ermains · reamins · remainns · remainss · remaisn · remanis · remians · remmains
remaking ← ermaking · reamking · remaikng · remakign · remakingg · remakinng · remakking · remaknig

Frequency comparison

remains#1,672

remaking#38,129

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remains" and "remaking" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "remains" or "remaking"?

"remains" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,672 in our English list, against #38,129 for "remaking". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering remains vs remaking

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