Which to use
“remercié” and “remercient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,250
- “remercié” frequency rank
- #35,245
- “remercient” frequency rank
- 52495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remercié | remercient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de remercier. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remercier. |
Where the eye mixes remercié and remercient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remercié runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against remercient's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remercié with remercient
A purely visual mix-up. remercié (\ʁə.mɛʁ.sje\) and remercient (\ʁə.mɛʁ.si\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remercié is recorded at frequency rank #17,250, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.sje\. remercient is at rank #35,245, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.si\.
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 52495, this pair ranks #147,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remercié vs remercient
Shared letters: ceimr. Private to "remercié": é. Private to "remercient": nt.
"remercié" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "remercient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remercient ← ermercient · reemrcient · remecrient · remerccient · remerceint · remerciennt · remercientt · remercietn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remercié" and "remercient" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remercié" or "remercient"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remercié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remercient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remercié" and "remercient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remercient vs remerciera". 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 #147,327 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.