Which to use
“remettait” and “remettent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,507
- “remettait” frequency rank
- #13,898
- “remettent” frequency rank
- 40405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettait | remettent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de remettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. |
Where the eye mixes remettait and remettent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remettait (CVCVCCVVC) and remettent (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: remettait vs remettent
A purely visual mix-up. remettait (\ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\) and remettent (\ʁə.mɛt\) 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 40405, 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\. remettent is at rank #13,898, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛt\.
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 40405, this pair ranks #240,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remettait vs remettent
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "remettait": ai. Private to "remettent": n.
"remettait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "remettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remettait" and "remettent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remettait" vs "remettent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "remettent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettait" and "remettent" 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 #240,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.