Which to use
“rémunéré” and “rémunérée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,470
- “rémunéré” frequency rank
- #34,735
- “rémunérée” frequency rank
- 51205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rémunéré | rémunérée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de rémunérer. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe rémunérer. |
Same sound, different letters: rémunéré vs rémunérée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rémunéré runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against rémunérée's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rémunéré and rémunérée
This is the hard kind. rémunéré and rémunérée are pronounced identically (\ʁe.my.ne.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rémunéré” sits inside “rémunérée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rémunéré is recorded at frequency rank #16,470, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.my.ne.ʁe\. rémunérée is at rank #34,735, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.my.ne.ʁe\.
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 51205, this pair ranks #156,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rémunéré vs rémunérée
Shared letters: mnrué. Private to "rémunéré": -. Private to "rémunérée": e.
"rémunéré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "rémunérée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rémunéré" and "rémunérée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "rémunéré" or "rémunérée" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "rémunéré" / "rémunérée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rémunéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rémunérée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rémunéré" and "rémunérée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rémunérée vs rémunérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,782 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.