Which to use
“remerciement” and “remerciements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,965
- “remerciement” frequency rank
- #15,741
- “remerciements” frequency rank
- 35706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remerciement | remerciements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de remercier. | Pluriel de remerciement. |
Same sound, different letters: remerciement vs remerciements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. remerciement runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVVCVCC) against remerciements's 13 (CVCVCCVVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - remerciement / remerciements
This is the hard kind. remerciement and remerciements are pronounced identically (\ʁə.mɛʁ.si.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remerciement” sits inside “remerciements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remerciement is recorded at frequency rank #19,965, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.si.mɑ̃\. remerciements is at rank #15,741, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.si.mɑ̃\.
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 35706, this pair ranks #274,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remerciement vs remerciements
Shared letters: ceimnrt. Private to "remerciement": -. Private to "remerciements": s.
"remerciement" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVCC · "remerciements" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remerciement ← ermerciement · reemrciement · remecriement · remercciement · remerceiment · remercieemnt · remerciemennt · remerciementt
- remerciements ← ermerciements · reemrciements · remecriements · remercciements · remerceiments · remercieemnts · remerciemennts · remerciemenst
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remerciement" and "remerciements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remerciement" or "remerciements" show up more?
What to do next
"remerciement" and "remerciements" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "remerciement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remerciements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remerciement" and "remerciements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remerciement vs remercient". 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 #274,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.