redoutentvsremontentWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#32,149
“redoutent” frequency rank
#10,569
“remontent” frequency rank
42718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redoutent remontent
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de redouter. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remonter.

Where the eye mixes redoutent and remontent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
redoutent
9 ch
remontent

Visual trap between redoutent and remontent

A purely visual mix-up. redoutent (\ʁə.dut\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redoutent is recorded at frequency rank #32,149, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.dut\. 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 42718, this pair ranks #223,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of redoutent vs remontent

Shared letters: enort. Private to "redoutent": du. Private to "remontent": m.

"redoutent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "remontent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redoutenterdoutent · rdeoutent · reddoutent · redotuent · redouetnt · redoutennt · redoutentt · redoutetn
  • remontentermontent · remmontent · remnotent · remonetnt · remonntent · remontennt · remontentt · remontetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "redoutent" and "remontent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.dut\ versus \ʁə.mɔ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "redoutent" or "remontent"?
"remontent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,569 in our French list, against #32,149 for "redoutent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "redoutent" 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 #223,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redoutent" and "remontent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupent vs redoutent". 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 #223,491 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