Which to use
“remettant” and “remettrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,130
- “remettant” frequency rank
- #39,971
- “remettrait” frequency rank
- 59101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettant | remettrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent du verbe remettre. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de remettre. |
Where the eye mixes remettant and remettrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses remettant with remettrait
A purely visual mix-up. remettant (\ʁə.mɛ.tɑ̃\) and remettrait (\ʁə.mɛ.tʁɛ\) 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 59101, 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\. remettrait is at rank #39,971, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tʁɛ\.
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 59101, this pair ranks #105,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remettant vs remettrait
Shared letters: aemrt. Private to "remettant": n. Private to "remettrait": i.
"remettant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "remettrait" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remettant ← ermettant · reemttant · remetant · remetatnt · remettannt · remettantt · remettatn · remettnat
- remettrait ← ermettrait · reemttrait · remetrait · remetrtait · remettarit · remettraitt · remettrati · remettriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remettant" and "remettrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remettant" or "remettrait" show up more?
What to do next
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 "remettrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettant" and "remettrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remettrait 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 #105,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.