récentevsremonteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,958
“récente” frequency rank
#3,499
“remonte” frequency rank
7457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature récente remonte
Definition Féminin singulier de récent. Fourniture de chevaux pour la cavalerie.

Where the eye mixes récente and remonte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
récente
7 ch
remonte

Why the eye confuses récente with remonte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: récente is \ʁe.sɑ̃t\ while remonte is \ʁə.mɔ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

récente is recorded at frequency rank #3,958, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.sɑ̃t\. remonte is at rank #3,499, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃t\.

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 7457, this pair ranks #423,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of récente vs remonte

Shared letters: enrt. Private to "récente": . Private to "remonte": mo.

"récente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "remonte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remonteermonte · remmonte · remnote · remonet · remonnte · remontte · remotne · reomnte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "récente" and "remonte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "récente" is an adjective and "remonte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "récente" or "remonte" show up more?
"remonte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,499 in our French list, against #3,958 for "récente". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "récente" and "remonte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "récente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remonte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #423,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "récente" and "remonte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récente vs rement". 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 #423,105 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