remorquer

\ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\

/\ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“remorquer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,835
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-remorquer · remorquer · French

remorquer · rank #45,835 · 13 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,835
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remontez

Nearest frequency peer: remontez (-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 « remorquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « remorquer » 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).

remorquer vs révoquer
67% similar
remorquer vs rétorqué
56% similar
remorquer vs remorques
89% similar

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

Key facts for remorquer
PropertyValue
Headwordremorquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,835
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « remorquer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.remorquerse 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 « remontez » (#45,834), « rencontrèrent » (#45,836), « remonterait » (#45,833). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « remorquer » est au #45,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around remorquer (IPA \ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,835 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for remorquer, with forms such as "ermorquer", "remmorquer", and "remoqruer". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "révoquer", "rétorqué", "remorques", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is remorquer, spelled R-E-M-O-R-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La nacelle avait l’air de traîner le cylindre récalcitrant, à la façon dont un vaillant petit terrier remorquerait un timide éléphant.
  2. Écopée, la barque avait été remise à flot et pendant que ses canotiers ramaient, la chaloupe de Laignel l'aidait à passer les mauvais rouleaux en la remorquant.

Synonyms

remorguer

This word in other languages

tow(English)remolcar(Español)ziehen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ermorquer
  • remmorquer
  • remoqruer
  • remorqeur
  • remorqquer
  • remorquerr
  • remorqure
  • remorrquer
  • remoruqer
  • remroquer
  • reomrquer
  • rmeorquer
  • rremorquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of remorquer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ermorquer2remmorquer1remoqruer2remorqeur2remorqquer1remorquerr1remorqure2remorrquer1
Edit distance from "remorquer"

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 "remorquer"?
"remorquer" is spelled R-E-M-O-R-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\.
What does "remorquer" mean?
As a verb, "remorquer" means: Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "remorquer"?
"remorquer" is commonly confused with "révoquer", "rétorqué", "remorques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "remorquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remorquer" is \ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remorquer" come from?
"remorquer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list