Which to use
“remettait” and “remettant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,507
- “remettait” frequency rank
- #19,130
- “remettant” frequency rank
- 45637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettait | remettant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de remettre. | Participe présent du verbe remettre. |
Where the eye mixes remettait and remettant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses remettait with remettant
A purely visual mix-up. remettait (\ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\) and remettant (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “remettait” becomes n in “remettant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remettait is recorded at frequency rank #26,507, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\. remettant is at rank #19,130, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\.
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 45637, this pair ranks #201,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remettait vs remettant
Shared letters: aemrt. Private to "remettait": i. Private to "remettant": n.
"remettait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "remettant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remettait" for "remettant" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remettait" or "remettant"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remettait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remettant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettait" and "remettant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejetait vs remettait". 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 #201,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.