revenir

\ʁə.vniʁ\

/\ʁə.vniʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“revenir” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,096 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#1,096
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

revenir vs rêver
57% similar
revenir vs revenu
71% similar
revenir vs revoir
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for revenir
PropertyValue
Headwordrevenir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.vniʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,096
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “revenir” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). revenir lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for revenir is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.vniʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,096 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 34 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for revenir, with forms such as "ervenir", "reevnir", and "reveinr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rêver", "revenu", "revoir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is revenir, spelled R-E-V-E-N-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau.
  2. 2
    Reparaître après avoir disparu, arriver, se présenter ou se faire sentir de nouveau.
  3. 3
    Reparaître après une campagne, un raid, une guerre, en parlant de marins, de soldats.
  4. 4
    Croître de nouveau, repousser après avoir été coupé, arraché, etc.
  5. 5
    Être répété, mentionné fréquemment.
  6. 6
    Être dit, être rapporté.
  7. 7
    Retourner au lieu d’où l’on était parti.
  8. 8
    Réintégrer une organisation.
  9. 9
    Redevenir favorable à quelqu’un, reprendre pour lui des sentiments d’amitié, de confiance.
  10. 10
    S’en ressouvenir.
  11. 11
    Faire un retour de l’au-delà.
  12. 12
    Persister au goût ou à l’odeur, en parlant de certains aliments qui, lorsqu’on les a mangés, causent des renvois.
  13. 13
    Recommencer à faire ou à dire les mêmes choses que l’on a faites ou dites précédemment.
  14. 14
    Reprendre le fil de son discours ou de son raisonnement, après une digression ou une interruption.
  15. 15
    Reparler d’une affaire, d’une matière, la traiter de nouveau.
  16. 16
    Se rétablir se remettre, être rétabli, être remis dans le même état où l’on était auparavant.
  17. 17
    Revenir à soi.
  18. 18
    Se rétablir d’une maladie, recouvrer sa santé.
  19. 19
    Reprendre ses esprits.
  20. 20
    Reprendre le courage que l’on avait perdu.
  21. 21
    Reprendre ses esprits à la suite d'un profond étonnement.
  22. 22
    Abandonner l’opinion dont en était, pour en adopter une autre.
  23. 23
    Se désabuser.
  24. 24
    Se corriger, s’amender.
  25. 25
    Changer de sentiments, d’opinion ; se dédire de ce qu’on avait promis.
  26. 26
    Modifier, en bien ou en mal, son opinion.
  27. 27
    Se réconcilier, s’apaiser.
  28. 28
    Résulter à l’avantage ou au désavantage de quelqu’un, être dévolu.
  29. 29
    Coûter.
  30. 30
    Avoir du rapport ; être conforme ou semblable ; équivaloir.
  31. 31
    Plaire.
  32. 32
    Passer au feu, dans le beurre, dans la graisse, des mets, pour les préparer en vue de la cuisson.
  33. 33
    Incomber.
  34. 34
    Rendre la distance.

This word in other languages

come again(English)volver(Español)wiederkommen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ervenir,reevnir,reveinr,revenirr,revennir,revenri,revneir,revvenir,rrevenir,rveenir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revenir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ervenir2reevnir2reveinr2revenirr1revennir1revenri2revneir2revvenir1
Edit distance from "revenir"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "revenir"?
"revenir" is spelled R-E-V-E-N-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.vniʁ\.
What does "revenir" mean?
As a verb, "revenir" means: Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "revenir"?
"revenir" is commonly confused with "rêver", "revenu", "revoir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "revenir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revenir" is \ʁə.vniʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "revenir" come from?
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Using “revenir”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-V-E-N-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.vniʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “rêver” - see the side-by-side comparison. revenir vs rêver
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list