Which to use
“remote” is an adjective and “remous” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,634
- “remote” frequency rank
- #19,652
- “remous” frequency rank
- 63286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remote | remous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré). | Retour de l’eau sur elle-même dans le sillage d’un navire en marche. |
Letter map: remote vs remous
Shared letters muted; letters that set remote and remous apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - remote and remous
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remote is anadjective and remousanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remote is recorded at frequency rank #43,634, classified as anadj. remous is at rank #19,652, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mu\.
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 63286, this pair ranks #82,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remote vs remous
Shared letters: emor. Private to "remote": t. Private to "remous": su.
"remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "remous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remote" for "remous" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remote" or "remous" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "remote" and "remous".
- Full dictionary entry for "remote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remote" and "remous" 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 #82,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.