Which to use
“remettent” and “revêtent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,898
- “remettent” frequency rank
- #43,640
- “revêtent” frequency rank
- 57538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettent | revêtent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revêtir. |
Where the eye mixes remettent and revêtent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remettent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against revêtent's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remettent vs revêtent
A purely visual mix-up. remettent (\ʁə.mɛt\) and revêtent (\ʁə.vɛt\) 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 57538, 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\. revêtent is at rank #43,640, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛt\.
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 57538, this pair ranks #114,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remettent vs revêtent
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "remettent": m. Private to "revêtent": vê.
"remettent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "revêtent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remettent ← ermettent · reemttent · remetent · remetetnt · remettennt · remettentt · remettetn · remettnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remettent" and "revêtent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "remettent" or "revêtent" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remettent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revêtent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,438 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettent" and "revêtent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs revêtent". 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 #114,438 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.