Which to use
“remportant” and “remportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,302
- “remportant” frequency rank
- #23,670
- “remportent” frequency rank
- 41972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remportant | remportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de remporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remporter. |
Where the eye mixes remportant and remportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. remportant and remportent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses remportant with remportent
A purely visual mix-up. remportant (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) 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 differ by a single letter - a in “remportant” becomes e in “remportent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remportant is recorded at frequency rank #18,302, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\. 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 41972, this pair ranks #229,158 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remportant vs remportent
Shared letters: emnoprt. Private to "remportant": a. Private to "remportent": -.
"remportant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "remportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remportant ← ermportant · remmportant · remoprtant · remporatnt · remporrtant · remportannt · remportantt · remportatn
- remportent ← ermportent · remmportent · remoprtent · remporetnt · remporrtent · remportennt · remportentt · remportetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remportant" and "remportent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remportant" or "remportent" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remportant" 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 #229,158 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remportant" and "remportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportait vs remportent". 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 #229,158 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.