Which to use
“raven” is a noun and “revend” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,353
- “raven” frequency rank
- #29,119
- “revend” frequency rank
- 53472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raven | revend |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corbeau. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revendre. |
Where the eye mixes raven and revend
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. raven runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against revend's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses raven with revend
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raven is \ˈɹeɪ.vən\ while revend is \ʁə.vɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raven is recorded at frequency rank #24,353, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɹeɪ.vən\. revend is at rank #29,119, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 53472, this pair ranks #140,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of raven vs revend
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "raven": a. Private to "revend": d.
"raven" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "revend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "raven" for "revend" ever safe?
Frequency check: "raven" vs "revend" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "raven" and "revend" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "raven" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "raven" and "revend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revend vs revendus". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #140,499 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.