remportévsremportéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“remporté” and “remportées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,564
“remporté” frequency rank
#39,011
“remportées” frequency rank
42575
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remporté remportées
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de remporter. Participe passé féminin pluriel de remporter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remporté and remportées apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
remporté
10 ch
remportées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. remporté and remportées are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “remporté” sits inside “remportées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remporté is recorded at frequency rank #3,564, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. remportées is at rank #39,011, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\.

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 42575, this pair ranks #224,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remporté vs remportées

Shared letters: emoprté. Private to "remporté": -. Private to "remportées": s.

"remporté" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "remportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

remporté#3,564
remportées#39,011

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remporté" and "remportées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "remporté" or "remportées"?
"remporté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,564 in our French list, against #39,011 for "remportées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering remporté vs remportées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “remporté” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list