remettre

\ʁə.mɛtʁ\

/\ʁə.mɛtʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“remettre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,455 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#1,455
frequency rank, French
8
letters
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mettre une chose à l’endroit où elle était auparavant.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

remettre vs recette
75% similar
remettre vs rejette
75% similar
remettre vs remette
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for remettre
PropertyValue
Headwordremettre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.mɛtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,455
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “remettre” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). remettre lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for remettre is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.mɛtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,455 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 30 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for remettre, with forms such as "ermettre", "reemttre", and "remetre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "recette", "rejette", "remette", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is remettre, spelled R-E-M-E-T-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre une chose à l’endroit où elle était auparavant.
  2. 2
    Mettre de nouveau.
  3. 3
    Reconnaître.
  4. 4
    Rétablir les personnes, les choses dans l’état où elles étaient auparavant.
  5. 5
    Réconcilier, raccommoder, en parlant de personnes.
  6. 6
    Raccommoder, remboîter un membre, un os démis, disloqué, cassé.
  7. 7
    Rétablir la santé, redonner des forces.
  8. 8
    Rassurer, redonner de l’assurance, faire revenir du trouble, de l’inquiétude, de la frayeur où l’on était.
  9. 9
    Mettre une chose entre les mains de quelqu’un à qui elle appartient ou à qui elle est destinée.
  10. 10
    Se dessaisir entre les mains de celui à qui il appartient d’y pourvoir, en parlant d’un bénéfice, d’une charge.
  11. 11
    Mettre comme en dépôt, confier au soin, à la prudence de quelqu’un.
  12. 12
    Livrer, abandonner à ceux qui sont préposés.
  13. 13
    Faire grâce à une personne de quelque chose qu’on était en droit d’exiger d’elle.
  14. 14
    Pardonner.
  15. 15
    Différer, renvoyer à un autre temps.
  16. 16
    Obliger à recommencer une étude, un apprentissage, un exercice.
  17. 17
    Recommencer.
  18. 18
    Dans une course de trot, faire courir de nouveau au trot régulier un cheval qui a commis un écart dans ses allures.
  19. 19
    Rendre, vomir.
  20. 20
    Recommencer, se mettre à nouveau.
  21. 21
    Se rappeler l’idée, le souvenir, en parlant de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un.
  22. 22
    Se rétablir, retrouver ses forces, sa santé, sa sérénité, après une maladie ou tout autre trouble.
  23. 23
    Réconcilier, raccommoder, en parlant de personnes.
  24. 24
    Être prêt à faire tout ce qui conviendra à la personne entre les mains de qui on se remet.
  25. 25
    Se résigner, s’abandonner.
  26. 26
    Se rapporter à quelqu’un, à ce qu’il dira, à ce qu’il fera.
  27. 27
    S’abattre en quelque endroit, après avoir fait son vol, en parlant d’une perdrix.
  28. 28
    Revenir au beau.
  29. 29
    Recommencer.
  30. 30
    Servir une nouvelle tournée de boissons.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ermettre,reemttre,remetre,remetrte,remetter,remettrre,remmettre,remtetre,rmeettre,rremettre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remettre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ermettre2reemttre2remetre1remetrte2remetter2remettrre1remmettre1remtetre2
Edit distance from "remettre"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "remettre"?
"remettre" is spelled R-E-M-E-T-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.mɛtʁ\.
What does "remettre" mean?
As a verb, "remettre" means: Mettre une chose à l’endroit où elle était auparavant.
What words are commonly confused with "remettre"?
"remettre" is commonly confused with "recette", "rejette", "remette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "remettre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remettre" is \ʁə.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remettre" come from?
"remettre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “remettre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-M-E-T-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.mɛtʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “recette” - see the side-by-side comparison. remettre vs recette
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list