remotevsrevoieWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#43,634
“remote” frequency rank
#46,415
“revoie” frequency rank
90049
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remote revoie
Definition Lointain, distant (au propre et au figuré). Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir.

Letter map: remote vs revoie

Shared letters muted; letters that set remote and revoie apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. remote (CVCVCV) and revoie (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
remote
6 ch
revoie

Grammar separator: remote vs revoie

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remote is anadjective and revoieaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remote is recorded at frequency rank #43,634, classified as anadj. revoie is at rank #46,415, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\.

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 90049, this pair ranks #5,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remote vs revoie

Shared letters: eor. Private to "remote": mt. Private to "revoie": iv.

"remote" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remote ← ermote · remmote · remoet · remotte · remtoe · reomte · rmeote · rremote
  • revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remote" and "revoie" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remote" is an adjective and "revoie" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "remote" vs "revoie" - which ranks higher?
"remote" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,634 in our French list, against #46,415 for "revoie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "remote" vs "revoie" 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 "revoie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remote" and "revoie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs revoie". 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 #5,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list