Which to use
“remettez” and “remontez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,675
- “remettez” frequency rank
- #45,834
- “remontez” frequency rank
- 68509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remettez | remontez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de remettre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remonter. |
Where the eye mixes remettez and remontez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remettez and remontez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between remettez and remontez
A purely visual mix-up. remettez (\ʁə.mɛ.te\) and remontez (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) 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 68509, 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\. remontez is at rank #45,834, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.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 68509, this pair ranks #58,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remettez vs remontez
Shared letters: emrtz. Private to "remettez": -. Private to "remontez": no.
"remettez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "remontez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remettez" for "remontez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "remettez" vs "remontez" - which ranks higher?
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 "remettez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remontez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remettez" and "remontez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remontez vs renoncez". 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 #58,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.