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

#19,130
“remettant” frequency rank
#41,494
“remettons” frequency rank
60624
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remettant remettons
Definition Participe présent du verbe remettre. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre.

Where the eye mixes remettant and remettons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remettant and remettons 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
remettons

Visual trap between remettant and remettons

A purely visual mix-up. remettant (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\) and remettons (\ʁə.mɛ.tɔ̃\) 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 60624, 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\. remettons is at rank #41,494, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɔ̃\.

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 60624, this pair ranks #96,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remettant vs remettons

Shared letters: emnrt. Private to "remettant": a. Private to "remettons": os.

"remettant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "remettons" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remettantermettant · reemttant · remetant · remetatnt · remettannt · remettantt · remettatn · remettnat
  • remettonsermettons · reemttons · remetons · remetotns · remettnos · remettonns · remettonss · remettosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remettant" and "remettons" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.mɛ.tɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remettant" vs "remettons" - which ranks higher?
"remettant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,130 in our French list, against #41,494 for "remettons". 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 "remettant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remettons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remettant" and "remettons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remettons vs répétons". 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 #96,662 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