Which to use
“remontait” is a verb and “remontant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,471
- “remontait” frequency rank
- #11,287
- “remontant” frequency rank
- 36758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remontait | remontant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remonter. | Qui repousse à l’arrière-saison, qui redonne des fleurs, des fruits. |
Letter map: remontait vs remontant
Shared letters muted; letters that set remontait and remontant apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. remontait (CVCVCCVVC) and remontant (CVCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: remontait vs remontant
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remontait is averb and remontantanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “remontait” becomes n in “remontant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remontait is recorded at frequency rank #25,471, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ\. remontant is at rank #11,287, 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 36758, this pair ranks #267,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remontait vs remontant
Shared letters: aemnort. Private to "remontait": i. Private to "remontant": -.
"remontait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "remontant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remontait" and "remontant" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "remontait" or "remontant"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "remontait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remontant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remontait" and "remontant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remontait vs remportait". 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 #267,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.