remarquaitvsremarquentWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#46,407
“remarquait” frequency rank
#27,937
“remarquent” frequency rank
74344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarquait remarquent
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remarquer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remarquer.

Where the eye mixes remarquait and remarquent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remarquait (CVCVCCVVVC) and remarquent (CVCVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
remarquait
10 ch
remarquent

Visual trap between remarquait and remarquent

A purely visual mix-up. remarquait (\ʁə.maʁ.kɛ\) and remarquent (\ʁə.maʁk\) 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 74344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarquait is recorded at frequency rank #46,407, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.kɛ\. remarquent is at rank #27,937, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁk\.

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 74344, this pair ranks #37,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remarquait vs remarquent

Shared letters: aemqrtu. Private to "remarquait": i. Private to "remarquent": n.

"remarquait" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVVC  ·  "remarquent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remarquait ← ermarquait · reamrquait · remaqruait · remarqauit · remarqquait · remarquaitt · remarquati · remarquiat
  • remarquent ← ermarquent · reamrquent · remaqruent · remarqeunt · remarqquent · remarquennt · remarquentt · remarquetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remarquait" and "remarquent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.maʁ.kɛ\ versus \ʁə.maʁk\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remarquait" vs "remarquent" - which ranks higher?
"remarquent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,937 in our French list, against #46,407 for "remarquait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarquait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remarquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarquait" and "remarquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarquait vs remarquant". 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 #37,449 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