Which to use
“remise” is a noun and “remote” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,333
- “remise” frequency rank
- #43,634
- “remote” frequency rank
- 45967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remise | remote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de remettre en un lieu, dans un état, dans une situation... (le mot est toujours accompagné d'un complément) | Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré). |
Letter map: remise vs remote
Shared letters muted; letters that set remise and remote apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for remise / remote
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remise is anoun and remoteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remise is recorded at frequency rank #2,333, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.miz\. remote is at rank #43,634, tagged as anadj.
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 45967, this pair ranks #198,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remise vs remote
Shared letters: emr. Private to "remise": is. Private to "remote": ot.
"remise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remise" for "remote" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remise" or "remote"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "remise" and "remote".
- Full dictionary entry for "remise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remise" and "remote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remote". 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 #198,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.