Which to use
“remué” and “rêvée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,277
- “remué” frequency rank
- #25,490
- “rêvée” frequency rank
- 70767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remué | rêvée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ému, touché. | Féminin singulier de rêvé. |
Where the eye mixes remué and rêvée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. remué and rêvée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: remué vs rêvée
A purely visual mix-up. remué (\ʁə.mɥe\) and rêvée (\ʁɛ.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remué is recorded at frequency rank #45,277, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\. rêvée is at rank #25,490, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.ve\.
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 70767, this pair ranks #50,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remué vs rêvée
Shared letters: eré. Private to "remué": mu. Private to "rêvée": vê.
"remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rêvée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remué" for "rêvée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remué" or "rêvée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remué" and "rêvée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,105 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remué" and "rêvée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remué". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,105 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.