revenu

/\ʁ(ə.)v(ə.)ny\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,344

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

revenu is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qu’on retire annuellement d’un domaine, d’un emploi, d’une pension, d’une constitution de rente, etc. Pronounced \ʁ(ə.)v(ə.)ny\. It ranks #1,344 in French word frequency. Often confused with revu and rêver.

Key facts for revenu
PropertyValue
Headwordrevenu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁ(ə.)v(ə.)ny\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,344
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of revenu in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for revenu is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁ(ə.)v(ə.)ny\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,344 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for revenu, with forms such as "ervenu", "reevnu", and "revennu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "revu", "rêver", "revêt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is revenu, spelled R-E-V-E-N-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qu’on retire annuellement d’un domaine, d’un emploi, d’une pension, d’une constitution de rente, etc.
  2. 2
    Traitement thermique effectués à des températures inférieures aux températures de transformations allotropiques des métaux (basse température).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ervenu,reevnu,revennu,reveun,revneu,revvenu,rrevenu,rveenu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for revenu

Misspelling Variants of "revenu"

ervenu6reevnu6revennu7reveun6revneu6revvenu7rrevenu7rveenu6
Misspelling Variants of "revenu"

Frequency rank: #1,344 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "revenu"?
"revenu" is spelled R-E-V-E-N-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁ(ə.)v(ə.)ny\.
What does "revenu" mean?
As a noun, "revenu" means: Ce qu’on retire annuellement d’un domaine, d’un emploi, d’une pension, d’une constitution de rente, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "revenu"?
"revenu" is commonly confused with "revu", "rêver", "revêt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "revenu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revenu" is \ʁ(ə.)v(ə.)ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "revenu" come from?
"revenu" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.