revers
\ʁə.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“revers” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,652 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,652
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Côté d’une chose opposé au côté principal, à celui que l’on regarde ou qui se présente d’abord.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revers” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for revers is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.vɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,652 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for revers, with forms such as "ervers", "reevrs", and "reverrs". 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, "river", "revêt", "rover", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is revers, spelled R-E-V-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Côté d’une chose opposé au côté principal, à celui que l’on regarde ou qui se présente d’abord.
- 2Coup donné avec le dos de la main, ou avec une arme ou un instrument quelconque, de la gauche vers la droite dans le cas d’un droitier, de droite à gauche dans celui d’un gaucher.
- 3Disgrâce ; échec ; accident qui change une bonne situation en une mauvaise.
- 4Partie d’un vêtement qui est ou semble repliée en dessus, de manière à montrer une partie de l’envers ou de la doublure du vêtement.
- 5Haut de la tige d’une botte, lorsqu’il paraît se rabattre et montrer le côté du cuir qui n’est pas noirci.
- 6Côté opposé à la face ou avers, portant une inscription, un sujet, etc., en parlant de monnaies ou de médailles
- 7Nom donné au côté d’un drapeau opposé à l’avers quand celui-ci est différent.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ervers,reevrs,reverrs,reverss,revesr,revres,revvers,rrevers,rveers
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revers - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “revers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-V-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.vɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “river” - see the side-by-side comparison. revers vs river
- 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.