remontanvsremontarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“remontan” and “remontar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,434
“remontan” frequency rank
#21,470
“remontar” frequency rank
46904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remontan remontar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de remontar. Vencer algún obstáculo.

Where the eye mixes remontan and remontar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remontan and remontar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
remontan
8 ch
remontar

Visual trap between remontan and remontar

A purely visual mix-up. remontan ([reˈmõn̪t̪ãn]) and remontar ([remõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) 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 - n in “remontan” becomes r in “remontar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remontan is recorded at frequency rank #25,434, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈmõn̪t̪ãn]. remontar is at rank #21,470, tagged as averb, pronounced [remõn̪ˈt̪aɾ].

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 46904, this pair ranks #123,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remontan vs remontar

Shared letters: aemnort. Private to "remontan": -. Private to "remontar": -.

"remontan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "remontar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remontan ← ermontan · remmontan · remnotan · remonatn · remonntan · remontann · remontna · remonttan
  • remontar ← ermontar · remmontar · remnotar · remonatr · remonntar · remontarr · remontra · remonttar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remontan" and "remontar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reˈmõn̪t̪ãn] versus [remõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remontan" or "remontar"?
"remontar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,470 in our Spanish list, against #25,434 for "remontan". 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 "remontan" and "remontar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remontan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remontar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remontan" and "remontar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortan vs remontan". 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 #123,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list