remettantvsremontantWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: remettant is a verb, remontant is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remettant” is a verb and “remontant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,130
“remettant” frequency rank
#11,287
“remontant” frequency rank
30417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remettant remontant
Definition Participe présent du verbe remettre. Qui repousse à l’arrière-saison, qui redonne des fleurs, des fruits.

Letter map: remettant vs remontant

Shared letters muted; letters that set remettant and remontant apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. remettant and remontant 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
remontant

Role in the sentence - remettant and remontant

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remettant is averb and remontantanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30417, 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\. remontant is at rank #11,287, tagged as anadj.

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 30417, this pair ranks #310,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remettant vs remontant

Shared letters: aemnrt. Private to "remettant": -. Private to "remontant": o.

"remettant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "remontant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remettantermettant · reemttant · remetant · remetatnt · remettannt · remettantt · remettatn · remettnat
  • remontantermontant · remmontant · remnotant · remonatnt · remonntant · remontannt · remontantt · remontatn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remettant" for "remontant" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remettant" is a verb and "remontant" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "remettant" vs "remontant" - which ranks higher?
"remontant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,287 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "remettant" and "remontant".

  • Full dictionary entry for "remettant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remontant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #310,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remettant" and "remontant" 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 #310,471 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