réacvsremoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: réac is a adjective, remo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réac” is an adjective and “remo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,023
“réac” frequency rank
#39,972
“remo” frequency rank
81995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réac remo
Definition Réactionnaire, qui est attaché à des valeurs traditionnelles que certains considèrent comme dépassées. Langue munda parlée dans l’État d’Orissa, en Inde. Son code ISO 639-3 est bfw.

Letter map: réac vs remo

Shared letters muted; letters that set réac and remo apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. réac (CVVC) and remo (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
réac
4 ch
remo

Grammar separator: réac vs remo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réac is anadjective and remoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réac is recorded at frequency rank #42,023, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ak\. remo is at rank #39,972, tagged as anoun.

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 81995, this pair ranks #17,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réac vs remo

Shared letters: r. Private to "réac": acé. Private to "remo": emo.

"réac" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "remo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remo ← ermo · remmo · reom · rmeo · rremo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réac" and "remo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réac" is an adjective and "remo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "réac" or "remo" show up more?
"remo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,972 in our French list, against #42,023 for "réac". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "réac" and "remo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "réac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réac" and "remo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réac vs Reis". 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 #17,656 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list