revues
\ʁə.vy\
The verdict
“revues” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,621 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,621
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de revu.
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 | revues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁə.vy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revues” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for revues is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.vy\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,621 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de revu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for revues, with forms such as "ervues", "reuves", and "reveus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rues", "revus", "reyes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is revues, spelled R-E-V-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de revu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ervues,reuves,reveus,revuess,revuse,revvues,rrevues,rveues
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revues - 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 “revues”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-V-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.vy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rues” - see the side-by-side comparison. revues vs rues
- 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.