récoltentvsremontentWhich spelling fits?

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

#39,024
“récoltent” frequency rank
#10,569
“remontent” frequency rank
49593
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature récoltent remontent
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de récolter. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remonter.

Where the eye mixes récoltent and remontent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. récoltent and remontent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
récoltent
9 ch
remontent

Look-alike desk: récoltent vs remontent

A purely visual mix-up. récoltent (\ʁe.kɔlt\) and remontent (\ʁə.mɔ̃t\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

récoltent is recorded at frequency rank #39,024, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔlt\. remontent is at rank #10,569, tagged as averb, 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 49593, this pair ranks #169,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of récoltent vs remontent

Shared letters: enort. Private to "récoltent": clé. Private to "remontent": m.

"récoltent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "remontent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remontent ← ermontent · remmontent · remnotent · remonetnt · remonntent · remontennt · remontentt · remontetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "récoltent" and "remontent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.kɔlt\ versus \ʁə.mɔ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "récoltent" vs "remontent" - which ranks higher?
"remontent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,569 in our French list, against #39,024 for "récoltent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "récoltent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remontent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #169,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "récoltent" and "remontent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs récoltent". 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 #169,381 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