remordvsremoteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: remord is a verb, remote is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remord” is a verb and “remote” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,408
“remord” frequency rank
#43,634
“remote” frequency rank
90042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remord remote
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de remordre. Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré).

Letter map: remord vs remote

Shared letters muted; letters that set remord and remote apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
remord
6 ch
remote

Role in the sentence - remord and remote

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remord is averb and remoteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remord is recorded at frequency rank #46,408, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁ\. remote is at rank #43,634, tagged as anadj.

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 90042, this pair ranks #5,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remord vs remote

Shared letters: emor. Private to "remord": d. Private to "remote": t.

"remord" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remordermord · remmord · remodr · remordd · remorrd · remrod · reomrd · rmeord
  • remoteermote · remmote · remoet · remotte · remtoe · reomte · rmeote · rremote

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remord" and "remote" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remord" is a verb and "remote" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remord" or "remote"?
"remote" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,634 in our French list, against #46,408 for "remord". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "remord" and "remote".

  • Full dictionary entry for "remord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remord" and "remote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remote". 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 #5,198 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