# remote

> English word · Adjective · IPA [ɹɪˈməʊt] · frequency rank #3,581

## Definitions
1. At a distance; disconnected.
2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
3. Slight.
4. Emotionally detached.

## Etymology
From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).

## Easily confused with
- **rote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-rote)
- **remove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-remove)
- **revoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-revoke)
- **repose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-repose)
- **repute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-repute)
- **removed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-removed)
- **remover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-remover)
- **rewrote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-rewrote)
- **remotely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-remotely)
- **remit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remit-vs-remote)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relate-vs-remote)
- **remake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remake-vs-remote)
- **rebate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-remote)
- **recite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recite-vs-remote)
- **refute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refute-vs-remote)
- **remade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remade-vs-remote)
- **redone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redone-vs-remote)
- **remorse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remorse-vs-remote)
- **remodel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remodel-vs-remote)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ermote`, `remmote`, `remoet`, `remotte`, `remtoe`, `reomte`, `rmeote`, `rremote`

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