remportésvsreportéWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#33,866
“remportés” frequency rank
#15,484
“reporté” frequency rank
49350
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remportés reporté
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de remporter. Participe passé masculin singulier de reporter.

Where the eye mixes remportés and reporté

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remportés runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against reporté's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
remportés
7 ch
reporté

Why the eye confuses remportés with reporté

A purely visual mix-up. remportés (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and reporté (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remportés is recorded at frequency rank #33,866, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. reporté is at rank #15,484, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 49350, this pair ranks #171,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remportés vs reporté

Shared letters: eoprté. Private to "remportés": ms. Private to "reporté": -.

"remportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "reporté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remportés" for "reporté" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ versus \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remportés" or "reporté"?
"reporté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,484 in our French list, against #33,866 for "remportés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "remportés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reporté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remportés" and "reporté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportés vs reportées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #171,409 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