Which to use
“remettent” and “remettons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,898
- “remettent” frequency rank
- #41,494
- “remettons” frequency rank
- 55392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettent | remettons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. |
Where the eye mixes remettent and remettons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remettent and remettons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses remettent with remettons
A purely visual mix-up. remettent (\ʁə.mɛt\) and remettons (\ʁə.mɛ.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55392, 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\. remettons is at rank #41,494, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.tɔ̃\.
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 55392, this pair ranks #127,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remettent vs remettons
Shared letters: emnrt. Private to "remettent": -. Private to "remettons": os.
"remettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "remettons" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remettent" and "remettons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "remettent" or "remettons"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remettent" and "remettons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remettent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remettons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettent" and "remettons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remettons vs répétons". 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 #127,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.