recensévsrevengeConfusable pair

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.

7 ch
recensé
7 ch
revenge

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sɑ̃.se\ versus \ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recensé" vs "revenge" - which ranks higher?
"recensé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,789 in our French list, against #29,522 for "revenge". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list