rempartsvsremportaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: remparts is a noun, remporta is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remparts” is a noun and “remporta” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,732
“remparts” frequency rank
#35,246
“remporta” frequency rank
44978
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remparts remporta
Definition Pluriel de rempart. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remporter.

Where the eye mixes remparts and remporta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remparts (CVCCVCCC) and remporta (CVCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
remparts
8 ch
remporta

Visual trap between remparts and remporta

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remparts is \ʁɑ̃.paʁ\ while remporta is \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remparts is recorded at frequency rank #9,732, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.paʁ\. remporta is at rank #35,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\.

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 44978, this pair ranks #206,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remparts vs remporta

Shared letters: aemprt. Private to "remparts": s. Private to "remporta": o.

"remparts" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "remporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rempartsermparts · remaprts · remmparts · remparrts · remparst · rempartss · rempartts · rempatrs
  • remportaermporta · remmporta · remoprta · remporat · remporrta · remportta · rempotra · rempporta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remparts" and "remporta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remparts" is a noun and "remporta" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remparts" or "remporta"?
"remparts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,732 in our French list, against #35,246 for "remporta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "remparts" and "remporta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remparts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remporta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #206,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remparts" and "remporta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remporta vs remportait". 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 #206,350 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