Which to use
“remette” and “remettez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,804
- “remette” frequency rank
- #22,675
- “remettez” frequency rank
- 40479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remette | remettez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de remettre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. |
Where the eye mixes remette and remettez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remette runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remettez's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remette vs remettez
A purely visual mix-up. remette (\ʁə.mɛt\) and remettez (\ʁə.mɛ.te\) 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 extra letter(s) - “remette” sits inside “remettez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remette is recorded at frequency rank #17,804, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛt\. remettez is at rank #22,675, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.te\.
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 40479, this pair ranks #240,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remette vs remettez
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "remette": -. Private to "remettez": z.
"remette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "remettez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remette" and "remettez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remette" vs "remettez" - which ranks higher?
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 "remette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remettez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remette" and "remettez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remettez vs remontez". 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 #240,173 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.