Which to use
“remette” and “remettre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,804
- “remette” frequency rank
- #1,455
- “remettre” frequency rank
- 19259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remette | remettre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de remettre. | Mettre une chose à l’endroit où elle était auparavant. |
Where the eye mixes remette and remettre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remette runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remettre's 8 (CVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remette vs remettre
A purely visual mix-up. remette (\ʁə.mɛt\) and remettre (\ʁə.mɛtʁ\) 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 19259, 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\. remettre is at rank #1,455, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛtʁ\.
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 19259, this pair ranks #374,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remette vs remettre
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "remette": -. Private to "remettre": -.
"remette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "remettre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remette" and "remettre" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "remette" or "remettre" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "remettre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remette" and "remettre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remette vs revêtue". 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 #374,139 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.