removsremuéConfusable pair

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

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.

Letter map: remo vs remué

Shared letters muted; letters that set remo and remué apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. remo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against remué's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
remo
5 ch
remué

Grammar separator: remo vs remué

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remo" for "remué" ever safe?
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.
Frequency check: "remo" vs "remué" - which ranks higher?
"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.

Useful next steps

Pair "remo" vs "remué" 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 "remué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remo" and "remué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remué". 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 #11,647 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