remportésvsreporterWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#33,866
“remportés” frequency rank
#6,745
“reporter” frequency rank
40611
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remportés reporter
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de remporter. Rapporter une chose au lieu où elle était auparavant.

Where the eye mixes remportés and reporter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remportés runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against reporter's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
remportés
8 ch
reporter

Visual trap between remportés and reporter

A purely visual mix-up. remportés (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\) and reporter (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40611, 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\. reporter is at rank #6,745, 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 40611, this pair ranks #239,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remportés vs reporter

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "remportés": msé. Private to "reporter": -.

"remportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "reporter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reporter ← erporter · reoprter · reporetr · reporrter · reporterr · reportre · reportter · repotrer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remportés" and "reporter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "reporter"?
"reporter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,745 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remportés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reporter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remportés" and "reporter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportés vs reportées". 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 #239,254 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