ReesevsremuéConfusable pair

Quick tell: Reese is a name, remué is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Reese” is a name and “remué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,214
“Reese” frequency rank
#45,277
“remué” frequency rank
76491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reese remué
Definition Prénom féminin. Ému, touché.

Letter map: Reese vs remué

Shared letters muted; letters that set Reese and remué apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Reese (CVVCV) and remué (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Reese
5 ch
remué

Grammar separator: Reese vs remué

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reese is aname and remuéanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reese is recorded at frequency rank #31,214, classified as aname. remué is at rank #45,277, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\.

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 76491, this pair ranks #31,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Reese vs remué

Shared letters: er. Private to "Reese": s. Private to "remué": mué.

"Reese" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reese ← erese · reees · reesse · rese · resee · rreese

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Reese" for "remué" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reese" is a name and "remué" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Reese" or "remué" show up more?
"Reese" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,214 in our French list, against #45,277 for "remué". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Reese" and "remué".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reese" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reese" and "remué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remué". 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 #31,000 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