Which to use
“règnent” and “rement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,484
- “règnent” frequency rank
- #48,149
- “rement” frequency rank
- 73633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | règnent | rement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de régner. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe rementir. |
Where the eye mixes règnent and rement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. règnent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against rement's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between règnent and rement
A purely visual mix-up. règnent (\ʁɛɲ\) and rement (\ʁə.mɑ̃\) 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 73633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
règnent is recorded at frequency rank #25,484, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛɲ\. rement is at rank #48,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɑ̃\.
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 73633, this pair ranks #39,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of règnent vs rement
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "règnent": gè. Private to "rement": m.
"règnent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "rement" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rement ← erment · reemnt · remennt · rementt · remetn · remment · remnet · rmeent
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "règnent" and "rement" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "règnent" or "rement" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "règnent" and "rement" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "règnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "règnent" and "rement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs rement". 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 #39,779 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.