redevenirvsredevenueConfusable pair

Which to use

“redevenir” and “redevenue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,894
“redevenir” frequency rank
#32,557
“redevenue” frequency rank
46451
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redevenir redevenue
Definition Devenir de nouveau, recommencer à être ce qu’on était auparavant. Participe passé féminin singulier de redevenir.

Where the eye mixes redevenir and redevenue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. redevenir (CVCVCVCVC) and redevenue (CVCVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
redevenir
9 ch
redevenue

Look-alike desk: redevenir vs redevenue

A purely visual mix-up. redevenir (\ʁə.də.vniʁ\) and redevenue (\ʁə.də.və.ny\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redevenir is recorded at frequency rank #13,894, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.də.vniʁ\. redevenue is at rank #32,557, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.də.və.ny\.

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 46451, this pair ranks #194,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of redevenir vs redevenue

Shared letters: denrv. Private to "redevenir": i. Private to "redevenue": u.

"redevenir" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "redevenue" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redevenir ← erdevenir · rdeevenir · reddevenir · redeevnir · redeveinr · redevenirr · redevennir · redevenri
  • redevenue ← erdevenue · rdeevenue · reddevenue · redeevnue · redeveneu · redevennue · redeveune · redevneue

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "redevenir" for "redevenue" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.də.vniʁ\ versus \ʁə.də.və.ny\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "redevenir" vs "redevenue" - which ranks higher?
"redevenir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,894 in our French list, against #32,557 for "redevenue". 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 "redevenir" and "redevenue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "redevenir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "redevenue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redevenir" and "redevenue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redevenue vs redevienne". 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 #194,836 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