Which to use
“remettez” and “remettre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,675
- “remettez” frequency rank
- #1,455
- “remettre” frequency rank
- 24130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettez | remettre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. | Mettre une chose à l’endroit où elle était auparavant. |
Where the eye mixes remettez and remettre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remettez (CVCVCCVC) and remettre (CVCVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses remettez with remettre
A purely visual mix-up. remettez (\ʁə.mɛ.te\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remettez is recorded at frequency rank #22,675, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛ.te\. 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 24130, this pair ranks #348,416 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remettez vs remettre
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "remettez": z. Private to "remettre": -.
"remettez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "remettre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remettez" and "remettre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remettez" or "remettre"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remettez" 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 #348,416 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettez" and "remettre" 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 #348,416 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.