Which to use
“remember” and “remémorer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,109
- “remember” frequency rank
- #32,984
- “remémorer” frequency rank
- 58093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remember | remémorer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se souvenir, se remémorer. | Remettre en mémoire. |
Where the eye mixes remember and remémorer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remember runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against remémorer's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remember with remémorer
A purely visual mix-up. remember (\ɹi.ˈmem.bə(ɹ)\) and remémorer (\ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁe\) 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 58093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remember is recorded at frequency rank #25,109, classified as averb, pronounced \ɹi.ˈmem.bə(ɹ)\. remémorer is at rank #32,984, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁe\.
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 58093, this pair ranks #111,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remember vs remémorer
Shared letters: emr. Private to "remember": b. Private to "remémorer": oé.
"remember" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "remémorer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remember ← ermember · reemmber · remebmer · remembber · rememberr · remembre · rememebr · rememmber
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remember" and "remémorer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remember" vs "remémorer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remember" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remémorer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remember" and "remémorer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remember vs retomber". 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 #111,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.