Which to use
“remontée” is a noun and “remontera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,117
- “remontée” frequency rank
- #48,150
- “remontera” frequency rank
- 59267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remontée | remontera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de remonter. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remonter. |
Where the eye mixes remontée and remontera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remontée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against remontera's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remontée with remontera
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remontée is \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\ while remontera is \ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remontée is recorded at frequency rank #11,117, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\. remontera is at rank #48,150, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁa\.
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 59267, this pair ranks #104,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remontée vs remontera
Shared letters: emnort. Private to "remontée": é. Private to "remontera": a.
"remontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "remontera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remontera ← ermontera · remmontera · remnotera · remonetra · remonntera · remontear · remonterra · remontrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remontée" for "remontera" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remontée" or "remontera" show up more?
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 "remontée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remontera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remontée" and "remontera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remonta vs remontera". 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 #104,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.