remisevsrésistéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: remise is a noun, résisté is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remise” is a noun and “résisté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,333
“remise” frequency rank
#13,687
“résisté” frequency rank
16020
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remise résisté
Definition Action de remettre en un lieu, dans un état, dans une situation... (le mot est toujours accompagné d'un complément) Qui subit une résistance.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remise and résisté apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
remise
7 ch
résisté

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remise is \ʁə.miz\ while résisté is \ʁe.zis.te\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16020, 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\. résisté is at rank #13,687, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.zis.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 16020, this pair ranks #389,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of remise vs résisté

Shared letters: irs. Private to "remise": em. Private to "résisté": .

"remise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "résisté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remiseermise · reimse · remies · remisse · remmise · remsie · rmeise · rremise

Frequency comparison

remise#2,333
résisté#13,687

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remise" and "résisté" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remise" is a noun and "résisté" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remise" or "résisté"?
"remise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,333 in our French list, against #13,687 for "résisté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering remise vs résisté

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “remise”; for an adjective, it's “résisté”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “remise” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list