Which to use
“remercient” and “remercions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,245
- “remercient” frequency rank
- #18,577
- “remercions” frequency rank
- 53822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remercient | remercions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remercier. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remercier. |
Where the eye mixes remercient and remercions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remercient and remercions follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: remercient vs remercions
A purely visual mix-up. remercient (\ʁə.mɛʁ.si\) and remercions (\ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\) 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 53822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remercient is recorded at frequency rank #35,245, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.si\. remercions is at rank #18,577, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\.
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 53822, this pair ranks #138,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remercient vs remercions
Shared letters: ceimnr. Private to "remercient": t. Private to "remercions": os.
"remercient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC · "remercions" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remercient ← ermercient · reemrcient · remecrient · remerccient · remerceint · remerciennt · remercientt · remercietn
- remercions ← ermercions · reemrcions · remecrions · remerccions · remercinos · remercionns · remercionss · remerciosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remercient" and "remercions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remercient" vs "remercions" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remercient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remercions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remercient" and "remercions" 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 #138,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.