RémoisvsremoteConfusable pair

Quick tell: Rémois is a name, remote is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rémois” is a name and “remote” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,026
“Rémois” frequency rank
#43,634
“remote” frequency rank
85660
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rémois remote
Definition Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département des Vosges intégrée dans la commune de Longchamp-sous-Châtenois. Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré).

Letter map: Rémois vs remote

Shared letters muted; letters that set Rémois and remote apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Rémois (CVCVVC) and remote (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Rémois
6 ch
remote

Role in the sentence - Rémois and remote

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Rémois is aname and remoteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rémois is recorded at frequency rank #42,026, classified as aname, pronounced \ʁe.mwa\. 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 85660, this pair ranks #10,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Rémois vs remote

Shared letters: mor. Private to "Rémois": isé. Private to "remote": et.

"Rémois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remote ← ermote · remmote · remoet · remotte · remtoe · reomte · rmeote · rremote

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Rémois" and "remote" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rémois" is a name and "remote" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Rémois" or "remote"?
"Rémois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,026 in our French list, against #43,634 for "remote". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Rémois" vs "remote" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rémois" 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 #10,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rémois" and "remote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs Rémois". 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 #10,971 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