remettantvsremettentWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#19,130
“remettant” frequency rank
#13,898
“remettent” frequency rank
33028
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remettant remettent
Definition Participe présent du verbe remettre. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre.

Where the eye mixes remettant and remettent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remettant and remettent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
remettant
9 ch
remettent

Look-alike desk: remettant vs remettent

A purely visual mix-up. remettant (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\) 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 differ by a single letter - a in “remettant” becomes e in “remettent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remettant is recorded at frequency rank #19,130, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\. 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 33028, this pair ranks #293,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remettant vs remettent

Shared letters: emnrt. Private to "remettant": a. Private to "remettent": -.

"remettant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "remettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remettantermettant · reemttant · remetant · remetatnt · remettannt · remettantt · remettatn · remettnat
  • remettentermettent · reemttent · remetent · remetetnt · remettennt · remettentt · remettetn · remettnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remettant" for "remettent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.mɛt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remettant" or "remettent"?
"remettent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,898 in our French list, against #19,130 for "remettant". 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 "remettant" 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 #293,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remettant" and "remettent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remettant vs remettront". 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 #293,342 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