Which to use
“remorque” and “remorques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,227
- “remorque” frequency rank
- #27,938
- “remorques” frequency rank
- 44165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remorque | remorques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de remorquer. | Pluriel de remorque. |
Same sound, different letters: remorque vs remorques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - remorque and remorques
This is the hard kind. remorque and remorques are pronounced identically (\ʁə.mɔʁk\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remorque” sits inside “remorques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remorque is recorded at frequency rank #16,227, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁk\. remorques is at rank #27,938, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁk\.
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 44165, this pair ranks #212,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remorque vs remorques
Shared letters: emoqru. Private to "remorque": -. Private to "remorques": s.
"remorque" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "remorques" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remorque" and "remorques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remorque" vs "remorques" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"remorque" and "remorques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "remorque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remorques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remorque" and "remorques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remorques vs rétorqué". 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 #212,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.