remontavsremportaTell them apart

Which to use

“remonta” and “remporta” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,992
“remonta” frequency rank
#35,246
“remporta” frequency rank
82238
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remonta remporta
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe remonter. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remporter.

Where the eye mixes remonta and remporta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remonta runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remporta's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
remonta
8 ch
remporta

Visual trap between remonta and remporta

A purely visual mix-up. remonta (\ʁə.mɔ̃.ta\) and remporta (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\) 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 82238, 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\. remporta is at rank #35,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\.

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 82238, this pair ranks #17,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remonta vs remporta

Shared letters: aemort. Private to "remonta": n. Private to "remporta": p.

"remonta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "remporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remontaermonta · remmonta · remnota · remonat · remonnta · remontta · remotna · reomnta
  • remportaermporta · remmporta · remoprta · remporat · remporrta · remportta · rempotra · rempporta

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remonta" and "remporta" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɔ̃.ta\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remonta" or "remporta"?
"remporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,246 in our French list, against #46,992 for "remonta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remonta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remporta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remonta" and "remporta" 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 #17,119 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