Which to use
“recoins” is a noun and “Rémois” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,214
- “recoins” frequency rank
- #42,026
- “Rémois” frequency rank
- 69240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoins | Rémois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de recoin. | Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département des Vosges intégrée dans la commune de Longchamp-sous-Châtenois. |
Where the eye mixes recoins and Rémois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recoins runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against Rémois's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recoins and Rémois
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recoins is \ʁə.kwɛ̃\ while Rémois is \ʁe.mwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recoins is recorded at frequency rank #27,214, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kwɛ̃\. Rémois is at rank #42,026, tagged as aname, pronounced \ʁe.mwa\.
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 69240, this pair ranks #55,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recoins vs Rémois
Shared letters: iors. Private to "recoins": cen. Private to "Rémois": mé.
"recoins" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "Rémois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recoins ← ercoins · rceoins · reccoins · recions · recoinns · recoinss · recoisn · reconis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recoins" and "Rémois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recoins" or "Rémois"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recoins" and "Rémois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recoins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Rémois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoins" and "Rémois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs Rémois". 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 #55,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.