remercientvsremercionsTell them apart

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.

10 ch
remercient
10 ch
remercions

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɛʁ.si\ versus \ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remercient" vs "remercions" - which ranks higher?
"remercions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,577 in our French list, against #35,245 for "remercient". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list