Which to use
“remote” is an adjective and “reposé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,634
- “remote” frequency rank
- #25,794
- “reposé” frequency rank
- 69428
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remote | reposé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré). | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe reposer. |
Letter map: remote vs reposé
Shared letters muted; letters that set remote and reposé apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for remote / reposé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remote is anadjective and reposéaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remote is recorded at frequency rank #43,634, classified as anadj. reposé is at rank #25,794, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.po.ze\.
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 69428, this pair ranks #55,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remote vs reposé
Shared letters: eor. Private to "remote": mt. Private to "reposé": psé.
"remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reposé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remote ← ermote · remmote · remoet · remotte · remtoe · reomte · rmeote · rremote
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "remote" and "reposé". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "remote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reposé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remote" and "reposé" 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 #55,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.