Which to use
“remember” and “retomber” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,109
- “remember” frequency rank
- #12,854
- “retomber” frequency rank
- 37963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remember | retomber |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se souvenir, se remémorer. | Tomber encore. |
Where the eye mixes remember and retomber
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remember and retomber follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between remember and retomber
A purely visual mix-up. remember (\ɹi.ˈmem.bə(ɹ)\) and retomber (\ʁə.tɔ̃.be\) 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 37963, 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)\. retomber is at rank #12,854, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tɔ̃.be\.
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 37963, this pair ranks #258,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remember vs retomber
Shared letters: bemr. Private to "remember": -. Private to "retomber": ot.
"remember" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "retomber" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remember" and "retomber" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remember" or "retomber"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remember" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retomber" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remember" and "retomber" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remember vs remémorer". 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 #258,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.