remontésvsremportésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,326
“remontés” frequency rank
#33,866
“remportés” frequency rank
62192
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remontés remportés
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de remonter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de remporter.

Where the eye mixes remontés and remportés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remontés runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against remportés's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remontés
9 ch
remportés

Visual trap between remontés and remportés

A purely visual mix-up. remontés (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) and remportés (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) 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 62192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remontés is recorded at frequency rank #28,326, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\. remportés is at rank #33,866, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.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 62192, this pair ranks #88,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remontés vs remportés

Shared letters: emorsté. Private to "remontés": n. Private to "remportés": p.

"remontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "remportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remontés" for "remportés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remontés" vs "remportés" - which ranks higher?
"remontés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,326 in our French list, against #33,866 for "remportés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "remontés" and "remportés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remontés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remontés" and "remportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportés vs reportées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #88,367 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