remontéevsrévoltéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“remontée” and “révoltée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,117
“remontée” frequency rank
#40,986
“révoltée” frequency rank
52103
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remontée révoltée
Definition Action de remonter. Femme révoltée.

Where the eye mixes remontée and révoltée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. remontée and révoltée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
remontée
8 ch
révoltée

Look-alike desk: remontée vs révoltée

A purely visual mix-up. remontée (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) and révoltée (\ʁe.vɔl.te\) 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 52103, 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\. révoltée is at rank #40,986, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vɔl.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 52103, this pair ranks #150,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remontée vs révoltée

Shared letters: eorté. Private to "remontée": mn. Private to "révoltée": lv.

"remontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "révoltée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remontée" for "révoltée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\ versus \ʁe.vɔl.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remontée" or "révoltée"?
"remontée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,117 in our French list, against #40,986 for "révoltée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remontée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révoltée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remontée" and "révoltée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récoltée vs révoltée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #150,152 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