RemivsremissConfusable pair

Quick tell: Remi is a noun, remiss is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Remi” is a noun and “remiss” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,416
“Remi” frequency rank
#46,142
“remiss” frequency rank
86558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Remi remiss
Definition A Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.

Letter map: Remi vs remiss

Shared letters muted; letters that set Remi and remiss apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Remi runs 4 letters (CVCV) against remiss's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Remi
6 ch
remiss

Grammar separator: Remi vs remiss

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Remi is anoun and remissanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Remi” sits inside “remiss”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Remi is recorded at frequency rank #40,416, classified as anoun. remiss is at rank #46,142, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɹəˈmɪs/.

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 86558, this pair ranks #8,810 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Remi vs remiss

Shared letters: eimr. Private to "Remi": -. Private to "remiss": s.

"Remi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "remiss" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Remi ← ermi · reim · remmi · rmei · rremi
  • remiss ← ermiss · reimss · remis · remmiss · remsis · rmeiss · rremiss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Remi" and "remiss" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Remi" is a noun and "remiss" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Remi" or "remiss" show up more?
"Remi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,416 in our English list, against #46,142 for "remiss". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Remi" and "remiss".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Remi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remiss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,810 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Remi" and "remiss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remiss vs Revis". 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 #8,810 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