remisvsRomsConfusable pair

Quick tell: remis is a verb, Roms is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remis” is a verb and “Roms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,734
“remis” frequency rank
#11,656
“Roms” frequency rank
14390
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remis Roms
Definition Participe passé du verbe remettre. Ensemble de populations ayant en commun une origine indienne, dont les langues initiales sont originaires du Nord-Ouest du sous-continent indien, et constituant des minorités connues sous de nombreux exonymes vivant entre l'Inde et l'Atlantique ainsi que sur le continent américain.

Where the eye mixes remis and Roms

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
remis
4 ch
Roms

Why the eye confuses remis with Roms

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remis is \ʁə.mi\ while Roms is \ʁɔm\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remis is recorded at frequency rank #2,734, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mi\. Roms is at rank #11,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔm\.

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 14390, this pair ranks #396,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of remis vs Roms

Shared letters: mrs. Private to "remis": ei. Private to "Roms": o.

"remis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Roms" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remisermis · remiss · remmis · remsi · rmeis · rremis
  • Romsorms · rmos · romms · romss · rosm · rroms

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remis" and "Roms" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remis" is a verb and "Roms" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remis" or "Roms"?
"remis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,734 in our French list, against #11,656 for "Roms". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Roms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #396,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remis" and "Roms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Roms vs roya". 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 #396,887 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