remontéesvsremontezConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,360
“remontées” frequency rank
#45,834
“remontez” frequency rank
70194
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remontées remontez
Definition Pluriel de remontée. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remonter.

Same sound, different letters: remontées vs remontez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. remontées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against remontez's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
remontées
8 ch
remontez

Same sound, different spelling - remontées / remontez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: remontées and remontez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remontées is recorded at frequency rank #24,360, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\. 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 70194, this pair ranks #52,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remontées vs remontez

Shared letters: emnort. Private to "remontées": sé. Private to "remontez": z.

"remontées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "remontez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remontez ← ermontez · remmontez · remnotez · remonetz · remonntez · remontezz · remonttez · remontze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remontées" and "remontez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remontées" is a noun and "remontez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remontées" or "remontez"?
"remontées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,360 in our French list, against #45,834 for "remontez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"remontées" and "remontez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remontées" 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 #52,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remontées" 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 #52,289 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