Which to use
“remportait” and “remportant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,324
- “remportait” frequency rank
- #18,302
- “remportant” frequency rank
- 67626
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remportait | remportant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remporter. | Participe présent de remporter. |
Where the eye mixes remportait and remportant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. remportait (CVCCVCCVVC) and remportant (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: remportait vs remportant
A purely visual mix-up. remportait (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and remportant (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “remportait” becomes n in “remportant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remportait is recorded at frequency rank #49,324, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\. remportant is at rank #18,302, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
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 67626, this pair ranks #62,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remportait vs remportant
Shared letters: aemoprt. Private to "remportait": i. Private to "remportant": n.
"remportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "remportant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remportait ← ermportait · remmportait · remoprtait · remporatit · remporrtait · remportaitt · remportati · remportiat
- remportant ← ermportant · remmportant · remoprtant · remporatnt · remporrtant · remportannt · remportantt · remportatn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remportait" and "remportant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "remportait" vs "remportant" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remportait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remportant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remportait" and "remportant" 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 #62,589 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.