Which to use
“remonta” and “remontait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,992
- “remonta” frequency rank
- #25,471
- “remontait” frequency rank
- 72463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remonta | remontait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe remonter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remonter. |
Where the eye mixes remonta and remontait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remonta runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remontait's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remonta and remontait
A purely visual mix-up. remonta (\ʁə.mɔ̃.ta\) and remontait (\ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “remonta” sits inside “remontait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remonta is recorded at frequency rank #46,992, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.ta\. remontait is at rank #25,471, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ\.
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 72463, this pair ranks #43,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remonta vs remontait
Shared letters: aemnort. Private to "remonta": -. Private to "remontait": i.
"remonta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "remontait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remonta" and "remontait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remonta" vs "remontait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remonta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remontait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remonta" and "remontait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remonta vs renonça". 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 #43,908 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.