revivre

\ʁə.vivʁ\

/\ʁə.vivʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“revivre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,770
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ressusciter, revenir à la vie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revivre · revivre · French

revivre · rank #8,770 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,770
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restreint

Nearest frequency peer: restreint (-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 « revivre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « revivre » 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).

revivre vs rivière
71% similar
revivre vs retiré
57% similar
revivre vs relire
71% similar

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

Key facts for revivre
PropertyValue
Headwordrevivre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.vivʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,770
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « revivre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).revivrese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « restreint » (#8,769), « rhétorique » (#8,771), « représentait » (#8,768). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « revivre » est au #8,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around revivre (IPA \ʁə.vivʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,770 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for revivre, with forms such as "ervivre", "reivvre", and "revirve". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "rivière", "retiré", "relire", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is revivre, spelled R-E-V-I-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ressusciter, revenir à la vie.
  2. 2
    Reprendre des forces, de la vigueur ; recevoir de l’espérance, de la joie.
  3. 3
    Vivre pour ainsi dire de nouveau, se continuer en la personne d’un autre.
  4. 4
    Retrouver une sorte de vie dans la mémoire collective.
  5. 5
    Renaître, se renouveler, en parlant des choses.
  6. 6
    Se ranimer, se remettre de nouveau en honneur, en vogue, en crédit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On nous dit en vain que le grec s’est réfugié dans l’enseignement supérieur, qu'il demeure entier dans quelques chaires et dans quelques bibliothèques. C'est ici la plus grande stupidité que l'on ait dite dans les temps modernes, où pourtant on ne s'est pas privé de dire des stupidités. C'est comme si l'on disait que les anciens Égyptiens vivent et revive…
  2. Vous pleurez ; hélas! vos larmes ne la feront pas revivre.

This word in other languages

revive(English)revivir(Español)reviver(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ervivre
  • reivvre
  • revirve
  • reviver
  • revivrre
  • revivvre
  • revvire
  • revvivre
  • rrevivre
  • rveivre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ervivre2reivvre2revirve2reviver2revivrre1revivvre1revvire2revvivre1
Edit distance from "revivre"

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 "revivre"?
"revivre" is spelled R-E-V-I-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.vivʁ\.
What does "revivre" mean?
As a verb, "revivre" means: Ressusciter, revenir à la vie.
What words are commonly confused with "revivre"?
"revivre" is commonly confused with "rivière", "retiré", "relire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "revivre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revivre" is \ʁə.vivʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "revivre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

répandu#8,774résumer#8,777saurais#8,779posture#8,756

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

achetez10 variantslaissons10 variantsinciter10 variantsBrigitte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list