# remiss

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹəˈmɪs/ · frequency rank #46,142

## Definitions
1. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
2. Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.

## Etymology
From Middle English remisse, remysse, from Latin remissus (“languid, negligent”), perfect passive participle of remittō (“remit”).

## Easily confused with
- **remix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remiss-vs-remix)
- **remit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remiss-vs-remit)
- **Remus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remiss-vs-remus)
- **Revis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remiss-vs-revis)
- **resist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remiss-vs-resist)
- **revise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remiss-vs-revise)
- **Remi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remi-vs-remiss)
- **reis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-remiss)
- **reins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reins-vs-remiss)
- **Regis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regis-vs-remiss)
- **remind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remind-vs-remiss)
- **recess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recess-vs-remiss)
- **relics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relics-vs-remiss)
- **relish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relish-vs-remiss)
- **remains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remains-vs-remiss)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ermiss`, `reimss`, `remis`, `remmiss`, `remsis`, `rmeiss`, `rremiss`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/remiss