Which to use
“remède” and “remèdes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,232
- “remède” frequency rank
- #16,725
- “remèdes” frequency rank
- 23957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remède | remèdes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance qui sert à guérir un mal ou une maladie ; médicament. | Pluriel de remède. |
Same sound, different letters: remède vs remèdes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. remède runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against remèdes's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - remède / remèdes
This is the hard kind. remède and remèdes are pronounced identically (\ʁə.mɛd\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remède” sits inside “remèdes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remède is recorded at frequency rank #7,232, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɛd\. remèdes is at rank #16,725, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɛd\.
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 23957, this pair ranks #349,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remède vs remèdes
Shared letters: demrè. Private to "remède": -. Private to "remèdes": s.
"remède" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "remèdes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remède" and "remèdes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "remède" / "remèdes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "remède" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remèdes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remède" and "remèdes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remède vs rement". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #349,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.