Which to use
“remonter” and “remontés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,286
- “remonter” frequency rank
- #28,326
- “remontés” frequency rank
- 31612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remonter | remontés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Monter une seconde fois, monter de nouveau. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remonter. |
Same sound, different letters: remonter vs remontés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. remonter and remontés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: remonter vs remontés
This is the hard kind. remonter and remontés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31612, 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\. remontés is at rank #28,326, 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 31612, this pair ranks #302,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remonter vs remontés
Shared letters: emnort. Private to "remonter": -. Private to "remontés": sé.
"remonter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "remontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remonter ← ermonter · remmonter · remnoter · remonetr · remonnter · remonterr · remontre · remontter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remonter" for "remontés" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "remonter" / "remontés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "remonter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remontés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remonter" and "remontés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remontera vs remontés". 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 #302,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.