Which to use
“ramper” and “remuer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,428
- “ramper” frequency rank
- #17,251
- “remuer” frequency rank
- 50679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ramper | remuer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se traîner sur le ventre. | Mouvoir, déplacer. |
Where the eye mixes ramper and remuer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ramper (CVCCVC) and remuer (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: ramper vs remuer
A purely visual mix-up. ramper (\ʁɑ̃.pe\) and remuer (\ʁə.mɥe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ramper is recorded at frequency rank #33,428, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pe\. remuer is at rank #17,251, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\.
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 50679, this pair ranks #160,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ramper vs remuer
Shared letters: emr. Private to "ramper": ap. Private to "remuer": u.
"ramper" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "remuer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ramper" and "remuer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ramper" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remuer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ramper" and "remuer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs ramper". 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 #160,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.