Which to use
“remué” and “rompue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,277
- “remué” frequency rank
- #33,443
- “rompue” frequency rank
- 78720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remué | rompue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ému, touché. | Féminin singulier de rompu. |
Where the eye mixes remué and rompue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. remué runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against rompue's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remué with rompue
A purely visual mix-up. remué (\ʁə.mɥe\) and rompue (\ʁɔ̃.py\) 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 78720, 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\. rompue is at rank #33,443, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɔ̃.py\.
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 78720, this pair ranks #25,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remué vs rompue
Shared letters: emru. Private to "remué": é. Private to "rompue": op.
"remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rompue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rompue ← ormpue · rmopue · rommpue · rompeu · romppue · romupe · ropmue · rrompue
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remué" and "rompue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remué" or "rompue"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remué" and "rompue" 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 "rompue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remué" and "rompue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remué". 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 #25,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.