Which to use
“remporta” and “remportait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,246
- “remporta” frequency rank
- #49,324
- “remportait” frequency rank
- 84570
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remporta | remportait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remporter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remporter. |
Where the eye mixes remporta and remportait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remporta runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against remportait's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remporta with remportait
A purely visual mix-up. remporta (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\) and remportait (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “remporta” sits inside “remportait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remporta is recorded at frequency rank #35,246, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\. remportait is at rank #49,324, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\.
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 84570, this pair ranks #12,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remporta vs remportait
Shared letters: aemoprt. Private to "remporta": -. Private to "remportait": i.
"remporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "remportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remporta ← ermporta · remmporta · remoprta · remporat · remporrta · remportta · rempotra · rempporta
- remportait ← ermportait · remmportait · remoprtait · remporatit · remporrtait · remportaitt · remportati · remportiat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remporta" and "remportait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remporta" or "remportait"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remportait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remporta" and "remportait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportait vs repartait". 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 #12,748 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.