Which to use
“remède” is a noun and “remote” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,232
- “remède” frequency rank
- #43,634
- “remote” frequency rank
- 50866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remède | remote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance qui sert à guérir un mal ou une maladie ; médicament. | Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré). |
Letter map: remède vs remote
Shared letters muted; letters that set remède and remote apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. remède and remote follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for remède / remote
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remède is anoun and remoteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50866, 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\. remote is at rank #43,634, tagged as anadj.
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 50866, this pair ranks #159,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remède vs remote
Shared letters: emr. Private to "remède": dè. Private to "remote": ot.
"remède" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remote ← ermote · remmote · remoet · remotte · remtoe · reomte · rmeote · rremote
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remède" for "remote" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remède" or "remote"?
What to do next
You've compared "remède" and "remote". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "remède" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remède" and "remote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remote". 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 #159,322 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.