remetvsrêverWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“remet” and “rêver” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,370
“remet” frequency rank
#4,528
“rêver” frequency rank
8898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remet rêver
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de remettre. Faire des rêves en dormant.

Where the eye mixes remet and rêver

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
remet
5 ch
rêver

Visual trap between remet and rêver

A purely visual mix-up. remet (\ʁə.mɛ\) and rêver (\ʁe.ve\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8898, 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\. rêver is at rank #4,528, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve\.

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 8898, this pair ranks #418,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of remet vs rêver

Shared letters: er. Private to "remet": mt. Private to "rêver": .

"remet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "rêver" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remet" and "rêver" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɛ\ versus \ʁe.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remet" or "rêver"?
"remet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,370 in our French list, against #4,528 for "rêver". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rêver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #418,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remet" and "rêver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs remet". 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 #418,495 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