Which to use
“remercier” and “remerciera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,277
- “remercier” frequency rank
- #49,322
- “remerciera” frequency rank
- 53599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remercier | remerciera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre grâce, exprimer la gratitude. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remercier. |
Where the eye mixes remercier and remerciera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. remercier runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against remerciera's 10 (CVCVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remercier and remerciera
A purely visual mix-up. remercier (\ʁə.mɛʁ.sje\) and remerciera (\ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “remercier” sits inside “remerciera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remercier is recorded at frequency rank #4,277, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.sje\. remerciera is at rank #49,322, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁa\.
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 53599, this pair ranks #139,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remercier vs remerciera
Shared letters: ceimr. Private to "remercier": -. Private to "remerciera": a.
"remercier" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "remerciera" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remercier ← ermercier · reemrcier · remecrier · remerccier · remerceir · remercierr · remercire · remericer
- remerciera ← ermerciera · reemrciera · remecriera · remercciera · remerceira · remerciear · remercierra · remercirea
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remercier" for "remerciera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remercier" or "remerciera"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remercier" and "remerciera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remercier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remerciera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remercier" and "remerciera" 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 #139,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.