Which to use
“remote” is an adjective and “répète” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,634
- “remote” frequency rank
- #3,959
- “répète” frequency rank
- 47593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remote | répète |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré). | (Apocope) Répétition. |
Letter map: remote vs répète
Shared letters muted; letters that set remote and répète apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. remote and répète follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - remote and répète
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remote is anadjective and répèteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remote is recorded at frequency rank #43,634, classified as anadj. répète is at rank #3,959, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.pɛt\.
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 47593, this pair ranks #185,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remote vs répète
Shared letters: ert. Private to "remote": mo. Private to "répète": pèé.
"remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "répète" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remote ← ermote · remmote · remoet · remotte · remtoe · reomte · rmeote · rremote
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remote" for "répète" ever safe?
Frequency check: "remote" vs "répète" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "remote" vs "répète" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "remote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "répète" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remote" and "répète" 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 #185,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.