Which to use
“remettait” and “répétait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,507
- “remettait” frequency rank
- #26,521
- “répétait” frequency rank
- 53028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettait | répétait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de remettre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de répéter. |
Where the eye mixes remettait and répétait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. remettait runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against répétait's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remettait vs répétait
A purely visual mix-up. remettait (\ʁə.mɛ.tɛ\) and répétait (\ʁe.pe.tɛ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53028, 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\. répétait is at rank #26,521, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pe.tɛ\.
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 53028, this pair ranks #143,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remettait vs répétait
Shared letters: airt. Private to "remettait": em. Private to "répétait": pé.
"remettait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "répétait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remettait ← ermettait · reemttait · remetait · remetatit · remettaitt · remettati · remettiat · remmettait
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remettait" and "répétait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remettait" vs "répétait" - which ranks higher?
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 "répétait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettait" and "répétait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejetait vs répétait". 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 #143,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.