remportéesvsremporterWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#39,011
“remportées” frequency rank
#4,442
“remporter” frequency rank
43453
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remportées remporter
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de remporter. Reprendre et rapporter de quelque lieu ce qu’on y avait apporté.

Where the spellings diverge

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

10 ch
remportées
9 ch
remporter

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. remportées and remporter 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remportées is recorded at frequency rank #39,011, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. remporter is at rank #4,442, 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 43453, this pair ranks #217,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remportées vs remporter

Shared letters: emoprt. Private to "remportées": . Private to "remporter": -.

"remportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC  ·  "remporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remporterermporter · remmporter · remoprter · remporetr · remporrter · remporterr · remportre · remportter

Frequency comparison

remportées#39,011
remporter#4,442

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remportées" and "remporter" 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, "remportées" or "remporter"?
"remporter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,442 in our French list, against #39,011 for "remportées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering remportées vs remporter

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 “remportées” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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