remise
\ʁə.miz\
The verdict
“remise” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,333 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,333
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de remettre en un lieu, dans un état, dans une situation... (le mot est toujours accompagné d'un complément)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.miz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “remise” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for remise is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.miz\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,333 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for remise, with forms such as "ermise", "reimse", and "remies". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rise", "remix", "renié", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is remise, spelled R-E-M-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Action de remettre en un lieu, dans un état, dans une situation... (le mot est toujours accompagné d'un complément)
- 2Action de remettre à quelqu’un, de rendre, de livrer.
- 3Action de remettre.
- 4Grâce que l’on fait à un débiteur, en lui remettant une partie de ce qu’il doit.
- 5Se dit aussi en parlant des peines.
- 6Somme que l’on abandonne à celui qui est chargé de faire une recette, un recouvrement, une commission, et qu’il ajoute à ses appointements, ou qui lui en tient lieu.
- 7Rabais que les commerçants accordent à certaines personnes sur le prix porté au catalogue.
- 8Délai de grâce, renvoi à un autre temps.
- 9Petit édifice qui sert de rangement saisonnier.
- 10Local destiné à mettre les voitures à couvert.
- 11Endroit où une perdrix se remet après avoir fait son vol.
- 12Taillis de peu d’étendue, planté dans une campagne, pour servir de retraite aux lièvres, aux perdrix, etc.
- 13Troisième trempe d’une chandelle.
- 14Partie nulle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ermise,reimse,remies,remisse,remmise,remsie,rmeise,rremise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “remise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-M-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.miz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rise” - see the side-by-side comparison. remise vs rise
- 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.