remis

\ʁə.mi\

/\ʁə.mi\/ verb

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The verdict

“remis” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,734
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé du verbe remettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-remis · remis · French

remis · rank #2,734 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,734
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH quart

Nearest frequency peer: quart (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « remis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « remis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

remis vs ris
60% similar
remis vs res
60% similar
remis vs RMI
0% similar

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

Key facts for remis
PropertyValue
Headwordremis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.mi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,734
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « remis »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).remisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quart » (#2,733), « propositions » (#2,732), « ridicule » (#2,736). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « remis » est au #2,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around remis (IPA \ʁə.mi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,734 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for remis, with forms such as "ermis", "remiss", and "remmis". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ris", "res", "RMI", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is remis, spelled R-E-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé du verbe remettre.
  2. 2
    Première personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe remettre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe remettre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how remis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je montrerai que certains concepts inventés par des économistes dès les années 1950 et par des statisticiens dans les années 1960 peuvent être remis au goût du jour pour fournir des modèles de systèmes de transition mêlant choix probabiliste et choix non déterministes (démoniaque, angélique, chaotique, … au choix), et ce même dans des espaces à états cont…
  2. Plus récemment, la crise cardiaque en plein match de Damar Hamlin, qui s’en est remis depuis, a suscité une vive émotion aux États-Unis.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ermis
  • remiss
  • remmis
  • remsi
  • rmeis
  • rremis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ermis2remiss1remmis1remsi2rmeis2rremis1
Edit distance from "remis"

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 "remis"?
"remis" is spelled R-E-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.mi\.
What does "remis" mean?
As a verb, "remis" means: Participe passé du verbe remettre.
What words are commonly confused with "remis"?
"remis" is commonly confused with "ris", "res", "RMI". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "remis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remis" is \ʁə.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remis" come from?
"remis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "remis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quart#2,733pause#2,730sucre#2,742Loire#2,722

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

angle6 variantsauras6 variantsRock6 variantsjack6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list