removsremordWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#39,972
“remo” frequency rank
#46,408
“remord” frequency rank
86380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remo remord
Definition Langue munda parlée dans l’État d’Orissa, en Inde. Son code ISO 639-3 est bfw. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de remordre.

Letter map: remo vs remord

Shared letters muted; letters that set remo and remord apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. remo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against remord's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
remo
6 ch
remord

Grammar separator: remo vs remord

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remo is anoun and remordaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “remo” sits inside “remord”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remo is recorded at frequency rank #39,972, classified as anoun. remord is at rank #46,408, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁ\.

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 86380, this pair ranks #9,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remo vs remord

Shared letters: emor. Private to "remo": -. Private to "remord": d.

"remo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "remord" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remoermo · remmo · reom · rmeo · rremo
  • remordermord · remmord · remodr · remordd · remorrd · remrod · reomrd · rmeord

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remo" for "remord" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remo" is a noun and "remord" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "remo" vs "remord" - which ranks higher?
"remo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,972 in our French list, against #46,408 for "remord". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "remo" vs "remord" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remo" and "remord" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remord 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 #9,783 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