remotevsremportéWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#43,634
“remote” frequency rank
#3,564
“remporté” frequency rank
47198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remote remporté
Definition Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré). Participe passé masculin singulier de remporter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remote and remporté apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
remote
8 ch
remporté

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remote is anadjective and remportéaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remote is recorded at frequency rank #43,634, classified as anadj. remporté is at rank #3,564, 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 47198, this pair ranks #188,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remote vs remporté

Shared letters: emort. Private to "remote": -. Private to "remporté": .

"remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "remporté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remoteermote · remmote · remoet · remotte · remtoe · reomte · rmeote · rremote

Frequency comparison

remote#43,634
remporté#3,564

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remote" and "remporté" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remote" is an adjective and "remporté" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remote" or "remporté"?
"remporté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,564 in our French list, against #43,634 for "remote". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering remote vs remporté

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “remote”; for a verb, it's “remporté”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “remote” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list