remontervsremonteraConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,286
“remonter” frequency rank
#48,150
“remontera” frequency rank
51436
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remonter remontera
Definition Monter une seconde fois, monter de nouveau. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remonter.

Where the eye mixes remonter and remontera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remonter runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against remontera's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remonter
9 ch
remontera

Look-alike desk: remonter vs remontera

A purely visual mix-up. remonter (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) and remontera (\ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remonter” sits inside “remontera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remonter is recorded at frequency rank #3,286, classified as averb, 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 51436, this pair ranks #155,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remonter vs remontera

Shared letters: emnort. Private to "remonter": -. Private to "remontera": a.

"remonter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "remontera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remonter ← ermonter · remmonter · remnoter · remonetr · remonnter · remonterr · remontre · remontter
  • remontera ← ermontera · remmontera · remnotera · remonetra · remonntera · remontear · remonterra · remontrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remonter" and "remontera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\ versus \ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remonter" vs "remontera" - which ranks higher?
"remonter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,286 in our French list, against #48,150 for "remontera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remonter" 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 #155,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remonter" 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 #155,014 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