remettaitvsremettraiTell them apart

Which to use

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

#26,507
“remettait” frequency rank
#35,684
“remettrai” frequency rank
62191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remettait remettrai
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de remettre. Première personne du singulier du futur de remettre.

Where the eye mixes remettait and remettrai

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remettait (CVCVCCVVC) and remettrai (CVCVCCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
remettait
9 ch
remettrai

Look-alike desk: remettait vs remettrai

A purely visual mix-up. remettait (\ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\) and remettrai (\ʁə.mɛ.tʁe\) 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 62191, 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\. remettrai is at rank #35,684, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tʁe\.

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 62191, this pair ranks #88,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remettait vs remettrai

Shared letters: aeimrt. Private to "remettait": -. Private to "remettrai": -.

"remettait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "remettrai" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remettaitermettait · reemttait · remetait · remetatit · remettaitt · remettati · remettiat · remmettait
  • remettraiermettrai · reemttrai · remetrai · remetrtai · remettari · remettria · remettrrai · remmettrai

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remettait" and "remettrai" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\ versus \ʁə.mɛ.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remettait" or "remettrai"?
"remettait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,507 in our French list, against #35,684 for "remettrai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "remettrai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remettait" and "remettrai" 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 #88,376 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