remorque

\ʁə.mɔʁk\

/\ʁə.mɔʁk\/ noun

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The verdict

“remorque” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,227
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de remorquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-remorque · remorque · French

remorque · rank #16,227 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,227
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reliées

Nearest frequency peer: reliées (-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 « remorque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « remorque » 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).

remorque vs révoqué
50% similar
remorque vs rétorqué
63% similar
remorque vs remorques
89% similar

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

Key facts for remorque
PropertyValue
Headwordremorque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.mɔʁk\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,227
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « remorque »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.remorquese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reliées » (#16,226), « restreinte » (#16,228), « recueils » (#16,225). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « remorque » est au #16,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around remorque (IPA \ʁə.mɔʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,227 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for remorque, with forms such as "ermorque", "remmorque", and "remoqrue". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "révoqué", "rétorqué", "remorques", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is remorque, spelled R-E-M-O-R-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de remorquer.
  2. 2
    Câble de remorque par lequel un bâtiment est attaché à celui qui le remorque.
  3. 3
    Véhicule sans moteur, tiré par un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le commandant en chef répartira les bâtimens de l’escorte de manière à empêcher ' que les navires du convoi ne s'écartent, qu'aucun bâtiment étranger ne s'introduise parmi eux pendant la nuit, et que la remorque puisse être donnée promptement aux traîneurs.
  2. Conduire un bateau à la remorque.

Synonyms

trailer

This word in other languages

tow(English)remolque(Español)Anhänger(Deutsch)reboque(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ermorque
  • remmorque
  • remoqrue
  • remorqeu
  • remorqque
  • remorrque
  • remoruqe
  • remroque
  • reomrque
  • rmeorque
  • rremorque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ermorque2remmorque1remoqrue2remorqeu2remorqque1remorrque1remoruqe2remroque2
Edit distance from "remorque"

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 "remorque"?
"remorque" is spelled R-E-M-O-R-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.mɔʁk\.
What does "remorque" mean?
As a noun, "remorque" means: Action de remorquer.
What words are commonly confused with "remorque"?
"remorque" is commonly confused with "révoqué", "rétorqué", "remorques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "remorque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remorque" is \ʁə.mɔʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remorque" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recueils#16,225rassurez#16,223souscrit#16,239postales#16,212

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Stevens11 variantstendres11 variantstélécom11 variantsMédicis11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list