Which to use
“ramener” and “ramenés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,163
- “ramener” frequency rank
- #24,735
- “ramenés” frequency rank
- 27898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ramener | ramenés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amener de nouveau. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de ramener. |
Same sound, different letters: ramener vs ramenés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. ramener and ramenés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - ramener and ramenés
This is the hard kind. ramener and ramenés are pronounced identically (\ʁa.mə.ne\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ramener is recorded at frequency rank #3,163, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.mə.ne\. ramenés is at rank #24,735, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.mə.ne\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27898, this pair ranks #326,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ramener vs ramenés
Shared letters: aemnr. Private to "ramener": -. Private to "ramenés": sé.
"ramener" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "ramenés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ramener ← armener · raemner · rameenr · ramenerr · ramenner · ramenre · rammener · ramneer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ramener" for "ramenés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ramener" vs "ramenés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "ramener" / "ramenés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ramener" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ramenés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ramener" and "ramenés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramenés vs rasées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #326,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.