Which to use
“rement” and “rendent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,149
- “rement” frequency rank
- #3,165
- “rendent” frequency rank
- 51314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rement | rendent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe rementir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rendre. |
Where the eye mixes rement and rendent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rement runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against rendent's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rement and rendent
A purely visual mix-up. rement (\ʁə.mɑ̃\) and rendent (\ʁɑ̃d\) 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 51314, 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\. rendent is at rank #3,165, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃d\.
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 51314, this pair ranks #155,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rement vs rendent
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "rement": m. Private to "rendent": d.
"rement" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "rendent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rement" for "rendent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rement" vs "rendent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rendent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rement" and "rendent" 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 #155,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.