recordvsremordWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: record is a noun, remord is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“record” is a noun and “remord” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,244
“record” frequency rank
#46,408
“remord” frequency rank
48652
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature record remord
Definition Exploit sportif dépassant tout ce qui a été fait précédemment dans le même genre, et officiellement constaté. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de remordre.

Where the eye mixes record and remord

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

6 ch
record
6 ch
remord

Visual trap between record and remord

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: record is \ʁə.kɔʁ\ while remord is \ʁə.mɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “record” becomes m in “remord”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

record is recorded at frequency rank #2,244, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kɔʁ\. remord is at rank #46,408, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁ\.

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 48652, this pair ranks #177,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of record vs remord

Shared letters: deor. Private to "record": c. Private to "remord": m.

"record" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "remord" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordercord · rceord · reccord · recodr · recordd · recorrd · recrod · reocrd
  • remordermord · remmord · remodr · remordd · remorrd · remrod · reomrd · rmeord

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "record" for "remord" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "record" is a noun and "remord" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "record" or "remord" show up more?
"record" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,244 in our French list, against #46,408 for "remord". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "record" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "record" and "remord" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remord vs remote". 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 #177,111 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