remettentvsremettezConfusable pair

Which to use

“remettent” and “remettez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,898
“remettent” frequency rank
#22,675
“remettez” frequency rank
36573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remettent remettez
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre.

Where the eye mixes remettent and remettez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remettent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against remettez's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
remettent
8 ch
remettez

Why the eye confuses remettent with remettez

A purely visual mix-up. remettent (\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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remettent is recorded at frequency rank #13,898, 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 36573, this pair ranks #268,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remettent vs remettez

Shared letters: emrt. Private to "remettent": n. Private to "remettez": z.

"remettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "remettez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remettentermettent · reemttent · remetent · remetetnt · remettennt · remettentt · remettetn · remettnet
  • remettezermettez · reemttez · remetetz · remetez · remettezz · remettze · remmettez · remtetez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remettent" and "remettez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɛt\ versus \ʁə.mɛ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "remettent" or "remettez" show up more?
"remettent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,898 in our French list, against #22,675 for "remettez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remettent" 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 #268,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remettent" 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 #268,663 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