révérend

adj

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The verdict

“révérend” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,057
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Digne d’être révéré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reverend · révérend · French

révérend · rank #18,057 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,057
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réveillon

Nearest frequency peer: réveillon (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « révérend »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « révérend » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

révérend vs revêtent
50% similar
révérend vs revend
63% similar
révérend vs reprend
63% similar

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

Key facts for révérend
PropertyValue
Headwordrévérend
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,057
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « révérend »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.révérendse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réveillon » (#18,056), « saches » (#18,058), « réveillez » (#18,055). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « révérend » est au #18,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around révérend, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,057 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Digne d’être révéré.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for révérend, with forms such as "reverend", "rrévérend", and "rvéérend". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "revêtent", "revend", "reprend", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is révérend, spelled R-É-V-É-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Digne d’être révéré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how révérend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Holà ! cria le capitaine, des frères révérends peuvent-ils en venir aux injures ?
  2. – Ma foi ! j’avoue que ça ne serait pas sans plaisir. Mais les révérendes personnes qui s’occupent de mon salut m’entretiennent dans une humeur à faire passer mon plaisir en second.

This word in other languages

reverend(English)reverendo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • reverend
  • rrévérend
  • rvéérend
  • révréend
  • révvérend
  • révéernd
  • révéredn
  • révérendd
  • révérennd
  • révérned
  • révérrend
  • réévrend
  • érvérend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

reverend2rrévérend1rvéérend2révréend2révvérend1révéernd2révéredn2révérendd1
Edit distance from "révérend"

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 "révérend"?
"révérend" is spelled R-É-V-É-R-E-N-D.
What does "révérend" mean?
As an adjective, "révérend" means: Digne d’être révéré.
What words are commonly confused with "révérend"?
"révérend" is commonly confused with "revêtent", "revend", "reprend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "révérend" come from?
"révérend" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "révérend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scission#18,062rustique#18,051security#18,064reprenne#18,045

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

renvoient13 variantsspatiales13 variantsStanford13 variantsrelecture13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list