Which to use
“regrettant” and “remettant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,521
- “regrettant” frequency rank
- #19,130
- “remettant” frequency rank
- 56651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regrettant | remettant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de regretter. | Participe présent du verbe remettre. |
Where the eye mixes regrettant and remettant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regrettant runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against remettant's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between regrettant and remettant
A purely visual mix-up. regrettant (\ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tɑ̃\) and remettant (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\) 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 56651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regrettant is recorded at frequency rank #37,521, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ɡʁɛ.tɑ̃\. remettant is at rank #19,130, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\.
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 56651, this pair ranks #119,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regrettant vs remettant
Shared letters: aenrt. Private to "regrettant": g. Private to "remettant": m.
"regrettant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "remettant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regrettant ← ergrettant · regerttant · reggrettant · regretant · regretatnt · regrettannt · regrettantt · regrettatn
- remettant ← ermettant · reemttant · remetant · remetatnt · remettannt · remettantt · remettatn · remettnat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regrettant" and "remettant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "regrettant" or "remettant" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regrettant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remettant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regrettant" and "remettant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regrettant vs regrettons". 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 #119,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.