Which to use
“remontait” and “répondait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,471
- “remontait” frequency rank
- #13,253
- “répondait” frequency rank
- 38724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remontait | répondait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remonter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de répondre. |
Where the eye mixes remontait and répondait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remontait and répondait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between remontait and répondait
A purely visual mix-up. remontait (\ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ\) and répondait (\ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38724, 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\. répondait is at rank #13,253, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃.dɛ\.
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 38724, this pair ranks #253,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remontait vs répondait
Shared letters: ainort. Private to "remontait": em. Private to "répondait": dpé.
"remontait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "répondait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remontait ← ermontait · remmontait · remnotait · remonatit · remonntait · remontaitt · remontati · remontiat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remontait" for "répondait" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remontait" or "répondait" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remontait" and "répondait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remontait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "répondait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,265 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remontait" and "répondait" 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 #253,265 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.