remontésvsreportésWhich spelling fits?

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

#28,326
“remontés” frequency rank
#35,250
“reportés” frequency rank
63576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remontés reportés
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de remonter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de reporter.

Where the eye mixes remontés and reportés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remontés and reportés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
remontés
8 ch
reportés

Look-alike desk: remontés vs reportés

A purely visual mix-up. remontés (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\) and reportés (\ʁə.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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63576, 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\. reportés is at rank #35,250, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 63576, this pair ranks #81,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remontés vs reportés

Shared letters: eorsté. Private to "remontés": mn. Private to "reportés": p.

"remontés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reportés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remontés" and "reportés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɔ̃.te\ versus \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remontés" vs "reportés" - which ranks higher?
"remontés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,326 in our French list, against #35,250 for "reportés". 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 "remontés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remontés" and "reportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs reportés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #81,284 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