Which to use
“refonte” and “remontée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,895
- “refonte” frequency rank
- #11,117
- “remontée” frequency rank
- 25012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refonte | remontée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de remettre à la fonte, en parlant spécialement des monnaies dont on fait de nouvelles espèces. | Action de remonter. |
Where the eye mixes refonte and remontée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. refonte runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remontée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between refonte and remontée
A purely visual mix-up. refonte (\ʁə.fɔ̃t\) and remontée (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refonte is recorded at frequency rank #13,895, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.fɔ̃t\. remontée is at rank #11,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\.
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 25012, this pair ranks #343,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of refonte vs remontée
Shared letters: enort. Private to "refonte": f. Private to "remontée": mé.
"refonte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "remontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refonte ← erfonte · reffonte · refnote · refonet · refonnte · refontte · refotne · reofnte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refonte" and "remontée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "refonte" or "remontée"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "refonte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remontée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refonte" and "remontée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refonte vs remonta". 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 #343,286 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.