Which to use
“remonta” and “remontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,992
- “remonta” frequency rank
- #28,326
- “remontés” frequency rank
- 75318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remonta | remontés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe remonter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remonter. |
Where the eye mixes remonta and remontés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remonta runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remontés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remonta with remontés
A purely visual mix-up. remonta (\ʁə.mɔ̃.ta\) and remontés (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75318, 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\. remontés is at rank #28,326, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\.
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 75318, this pair ranks #34,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remonta vs remontés
Shared letters: emnort. Private to "remonta": a. Private to "remontés": sé.
"remonta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "remontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remonta ← ermonta · remmonta · remnota · remonat · remonnta · remontta · remotna · reomnta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remonta" for "remontés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remonta" or "remontés"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "remonta" and "remontés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remonta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remontés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remonta" and "remontés" 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 #34,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.