Which to use
“remportait” and “remportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,324
- “remportait” frequency rank
- #23,670
- “remportent” frequency rank
- 72994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remportait | remportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remporter. |
Where the eye mixes remportait and remportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remportait (CVCCVCCVVC) and remportent (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses remportait with remportent
A purely visual mix-up. remportait (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and remportent (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72994, 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\. remportent is at rank #23,670, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁt\.
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 72994, this pair ranks #42,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remportait vs remportent
Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "remportait": ai. Private to "remportent": n.
"remportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "remportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remportait ← ermportait · remmportait · remoprtait · remporatit · remporrtait · remportaitt · remportati · remportiat
- remportent ← ermportent · remmportent · remoprtent · remporetnt · remporrtent · remportennt · remportentt · remportetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remportait" and "remportent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "remportait" or "remportent" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "remportait" and "remportent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remportait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remportait" and "remportent" 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 #42,049 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.