rementvsremetsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#48,149
“rement” frequency rank
#9,904
“remets” frequency rank
58053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rement remets
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe rementir. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de remettre.

Where the eye mixes rement and remets

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
rement
6 ch
remets

Why the eye confuses rement with remets

A purely visual mix-up. rement (\ʁə.mɑ̃\) and remets (\ʁə.mɛ\) 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 58053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rement is recorded at frequency rank #48,149, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɑ̃\. remets is at rank #9,904, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ\.

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 58053, this pair ranks #111,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rement vs remets

Shared letters: emrt. Private to "rement": n. Private to "remets": s.

"rement" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "remets" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rementerment · reemnt · remennt · rementt · remetn · remment · remnet · rmeent
  • remetsermets · reemts · remest · remetss · remetts · remmets · remtes · rmeets

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rement" and "remets" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.mɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rement" or "remets"?
"remets" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,904 in our French list, against #48,149 for "rement". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "rement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rement" and "remets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs rement". 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 #111,345 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