réagisvsremisWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“réagis” and “remis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,759
“réagis” frequency rank
#2,734
“remis” frequency rank
24493
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réagis remis
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de réagir. Participe passé du verbe remettre.

Where the eye mixes réagis and remis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. réagis runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against remis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
réagis
5 ch
remis

Look-alike desk: réagis vs remis

A purely visual mix-up. réagis (\ʁe.a.ʒi\) and remis (\ʁə.mi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réagis is recorded at frequency rank #21,759, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.a.ʒi\. remis is at rank #2,734, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mi\.

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 24493, this pair ranks #346,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réagis vs remis

Shared letters: irs. Private to "réagis": agé. Private to "remis": em.

"réagis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "remis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remis ← ermis · remiss · remmis · remsi · rmeis · rremis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réagis" for "remis" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.a.ʒi\ versus \ʁə.mi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "réagis" or "remis"?
"remis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,734 in our French list, against #21,759 for "réagis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réagis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #346,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réagis" and "remis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réagis 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 #346,317 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