remontevsremontezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: remonte is a noun, remontez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remonte” is a noun and “remontez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,499
“remonte” frequency rank
#45,834
“remontez” frequency rank
49333
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remonte remontez
Definition Fourniture de chevaux pour la cavalerie. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remonter.

Where the eye mixes remonte and remontez

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

7 ch
remonte
8 ch
remontez

Why the eye confuses remonte with remontez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remonte is \ʁə.mɔ̃t\ while remontez is \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remonte” sits inside “remontez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remonte is recorded at frequency rank #3,499, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃t\. remontez is at rank #45,834, 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 49333, this pair ranks #171,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remonte vs remontez

Shared letters: emnort. Private to "remonte": -. Private to "remontez": z.

"remonte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "remontez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remonte ← ermonte · remmonte · remnote · remonet · remonnte · remontte · remotne · reomnte
  • remontez ← ermontez · remmontez · remnotez · remonetz · remonntez · remontezz · remonttez · remontze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remonte" and "remontez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remonte" is a noun and "remontez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remonte" or "remontez"?
"remonte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,499 in our French list, against #45,834 for "remontez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remonte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remontez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remonte" and "remontez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remontez vs renoncez". 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 #171,553 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