Which to use
“remontant” is an adjective and “remportant” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,287
- “remontant” frequency rank
- #18,302
- “remportant” frequency rank
- 29589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remontant | remportant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui repousse à l’arrière-saison, qui redonne des fleurs, des fruits. | Participe présent de remporter. |
Letter map: remontant vs remportant
Shared letters muted; letters that set remontant and remportant apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. remontant runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against remportant's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for remontant / remportant
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remontant is anadjective and remportantaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remontant is recorded at frequency rank #11,287, classified as anadj. remportant is at rank #18,302, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
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 29589, this pair ranks #315,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remontant vs remportant
Shared letters: aemnort. Private to "remontant": -. Private to "remportant": p.
"remontant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "remportant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remontant ← ermontant · remmontant · remnotant · remonatnt · remonntant · remontannt · remontantt · remontatn
- remportant ← ermportant · remmportant · remoprtant · remporatnt · remporrtant · remportannt · remportantt · remportatn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remontant" for "remportant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "remontant" vs "remportant" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "remontant" and "remportant".
- Full dictionary entry for "remontant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remportant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,719 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remontant" and "remportant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportait vs remportant". 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 #315,719 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.