ReversvsriversWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Revers is a noun, rivers is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Revers” is a noun and “rivers” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,095
“Revers” frequency rank
#35,418
“rivers” frequency rank
77513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Revers rivers
Definition Plural 1: zurückgeschlagene Vorderkante an einer Jacke (im weiteren Sinne) Plural des Substantives river

Letter map: Revers vs rivers

Shared letters muted; letters that set Revers and rivers apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
Revers
6 ch
rivers

Part-of-speech tell for Revers / rivers

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Revers is anoun and riversanunknown. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “Revers” becomes i in “rivers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Revers is recorded at frequency rank #42,095, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʁeˈveːɐ̯]. rivers is at rank #35,418, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

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 77513, this pair ranks #259,058 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Revers vs rivers

Shared letters: ersv. Private to "Revers": -. Private to "rivers": i.

"Revers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "rivers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reverservers · reevrs · reverrs · reverss · revesr · revres · revvers · rrevers
  • riversirvers · rievrs · riverrs · riverss · rivesr · rivres · rivvers · rrivers

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Revers" for "rivers" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Revers" is a noun and "rivers" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Revers" or "rivers"?
"rivers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,418 in our German list, against #42,095 for "Revers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Revers" and "rivers".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Revers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rivers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,058 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Revers" and "rivers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Revers vs Reviere". 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 #259,058 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list