Which to use
“remuer” and “rimer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,251
- “remuer” frequency rank
- #44,694
- “rimer” frequency rank
- 61945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remuer | rimer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvoir, déplacer. | Faire une rime (le sujet est une personne). |
Where the eye mixes remuer and rimer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. remuer runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against rimer's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remuer with rimer
A purely visual mix-up. remuer (\ʁə.mɥe\) and rimer (\ʁi.me\) 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 61945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remuer is recorded at frequency rank #17,251, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\. rimer is at rank #44,694, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁi.me\.
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 61945, this pair ranks #89,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remuer vs rimer
Shared letters: emr. Private to "remuer": u. Private to "rimer": i.
"remuer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "rimer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remuer" and "rimer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remuer" or "rimer"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remuer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rimer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remuer" and "rimer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs rimer". 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 #89,628 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.