remo vs remué, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#39,972
“remo” frequency rank: #45,277
“remué” frequency rank: 85249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	remo	remué
Definition	Langue munda parlée dans l’État d’Orissa, en Inde. Son code ISO 639-3 est bfw.	Ému, touché.

Where the spellings diverge

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

4 ch

remo

5 ch

remué

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remo is anoun and remuéanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remo is recorded at frequency rank #39,972, classified as anoun. remué is at rank #45,277, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\.

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 85249, this pair ranks #11,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remo vs remué

Shared letters: emr. Private to "remo": o. Private to "remué": ué.

"remo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

remo ← ermo · remmo · reom · rmeo · rremo

Frequency comparison

remo#39,972

remué#45,277

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remo" and "remué" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remo" is a noun and "remué" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "remo" or "remué"?

"remo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,972 in our French list, against #45,277 for "remué". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering remo vs remué

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “remo”; for an adjective, it's “remué”.
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