remportaitvsremportantConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
remportait
10 ch
remportant

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

  • remportaitermportait · remmportait · remoprtait · remporatit · remporrtait · remportaitt · remportati · remportiat
  • remportantermportant · remmportant · remoprtant · remporatnt · remporrtant · remportannt · remportantt · remportatn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remportait" and "remportant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remportait" vs "remportant" - which ranks higher?
"remportant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,302 in our French list, against #49,324 for "remportait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list