Which to use
“recensé” and “revenge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,789
- “recensé” frequency rank
- #29,522
- “revenge” frequency rank
- 55311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recensé | revenge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de recenser. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revenger. |
Where the eye mixes recensé and revenge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recensé and revenge follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recensé vs revenge
A purely visual mix-up. recensé (\ʁə.sɑ̃.se\) and revenge (\ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recensé is recorded at frequency rank #25,789, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃.se\. revenge is at rank #29,522, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\.
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 55311, this pair ranks #128,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recensé vs revenge
Shared letters: enr. Private to "recensé": csé. Private to "revenge": gv.
"recensé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revenge" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revenge ← ervenge · reevnge · revegne · reveneg · revengge · revennge · revnege · revvenge
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recensé" and "revenge" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recensé" vs "revenge" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recensé" and "revenge" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recensé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recensé" and "revenge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenge vs revêtue". 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 #128,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.