remetvsremuéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: remet is a verb, remué is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remet” is a verb and “remué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,370
“remet” frequency rank
#45,277
“remué” frequency rank
49647
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remet remué
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de remettre. Ému, touché.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remet and remué apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
remet
5 ch
remué

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remet is \ʁə.mɛ\ while remué is \ʁə.mɥe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remet is recorded at frequency rank #4,370, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ\. remué is at rank #45,277, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\.

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 49647, this pair ranks #168,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remet vs remué

Shared letters: emr. Private to "remet": t. Private to "remué": .

"remet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remetermet · reemt · remett · remmet · remte · rmeet · rremet

Frequency comparison

remet#4,370
remué#45,277

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remet" and "remué" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remet" is a verb and "remué" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remet" or "remué"?
"remet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,370 in our French list, against #45,277 for "remué". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering remet vs remué

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “remet”; for an adjective, it's “remué”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “remet” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list