Which to use
“rémunérées” and “rémunérer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,525
- “rémunérées” frequency rank
- #28,731
- “rémunérer” frequency rank
- 67256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rémunérées | rémunérer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de rémunérer. | Récompenser. Il est du style soutenu. |
Same sound, different letters: rémunérées vs rémunérer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rémunérées runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against rémunérer's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: rémunérées vs rémunérer
This is the hard kind. rémunérées and rémunérer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rémunérées is recorded at frequency rank #38,525, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.my.ne.ʁe\. rémunérer is at rank #28,731, 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 67256, this pair ranks #64,204 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rémunérées vs rémunérer
Shared letters: emnrué. Private to "rémunérées": s. Private to "rémunérer": -.
"rémunérées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "rémunérer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rémunérées" and "rémunérer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "rémunérées" or "rémunérer" show up more?
After this comparison
"rémunérées" and "rémunérer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rémunérées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rémunérer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,204 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rémunérées" and "rémunérer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rémunérée vs rémunérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #64,204 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.