Which to use
“redevient” and “relevaient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,128
- “redevient” frequency rank
- #37,524
- “relevaient” frequency rank
- 56652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redevient | relevaient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de redevenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de relever. |
Where the eye mixes redevient and relevaient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between redevient and relevaient
A purely visual mix-up. redevient (\ʁə.də.vjɛ̃\) and relevaient (\ʁə.lə.vɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redevient is recorded at frequency rank #19,128, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.də.vjɛ̃\. relevaient is at rank #37,524, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lə.vɛ\.
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 56652, this pair ranks #119,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redevient vs relevaient
Shared letters: einrtv. Private to "redevient": d. Private to "relevaient": al.
"redevient" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC · "relevaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- redevient ← erdevient · rdeevient · reddevient · redeivent · redeveint · redeviennt · redevientt · redevietn
- relevaient ← erlevaient · reelvaient · releavient · relevaeint · relevaiennt · relevaientt · relevaietn · relevainet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "redevient" for "relevaient" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "redevient" and "relevaient" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "redevient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relevaient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redevient" and "relevaient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relevaient vs rêvaient". 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 #119,765 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.