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

#48,150
“remontera” frequency rank
#33,865
“remportera” frequency rank
82015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remontera remportera
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remonter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remporter.

Where the eye mixes remontera and remportera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
remontera
10 ch
remportera

Visual trap between remontera and remportera

A purely visual mix-up. remontera (\ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁa\) and remportera (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remontera is recorded at frequency rank #48,150, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁa\. remportera is at rank #33,865, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.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 82015, this pair ranks #17,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remontera vs remportera

Shared letters: aemort. Private to "remontera": n. Private to "remportera": p.

"remontera" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "remportera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remonteraermontera · remmontera · remnotera · remonetra · remonntera · remontear · remonterra · remontrea
  • remporteraermportera · remmportera · remoprtera · remporetra · remporrtera · remportear · remporterra · remportrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remontera" and "remportera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁa\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remontera" vs "remportera" - which ranks higher?
"remportera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,865 in our French list, against #48,150 for "remontera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "remontera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remportera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remontera" and "remportera" 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 #17,614 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