Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remettant" and "remettons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remettant" vs "remettons" - 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 "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.