Which to use
“rémunérer” and “rémunérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,731
- “rémunérer” frequency rank
- #18,868
- “rémunérés” frequency rank
- 47599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rémunérer | rémunérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récompenser. Il est du style soutenu. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de rémunérer. |
Same sound, different letters: rémunérer vs rémunérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rémunérer and rémunérés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: rémunérer vs rémunérés
This is the hard kind. rémunérer and rémunérés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rémunérer is recorded at frequency rank #28,731, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.my.ne.ʁe\. rémunérés is at rank #18,868, 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 47599, this pair ranks #185,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rémunérer vs rémunérés
Shared letters: mnrué. Private to "rémunérer": e. Private to "rémunérés": s.
"rémunérer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "rémunérés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rémunérer" and "rémunérés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rémunérer" or "rémunérés"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rémunérer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rémunérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,668 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rémunérer" and "rémunérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rémunérées vs rémunérer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #185,668 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.