rédigéevsréviséeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,469
“rédigée” frequency rank
#27,612
“révisée” frequency rank
44081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rédigée révisée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de rédiger. Participe passé féminin singulier de réviser.

Where the eye mixes rédigée and révisée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rédigée and révisée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
rédigée
7 ch
révisée

Look-alike desk: rédigée vs révisée

A purely visual mix-up. rédigée (\ʁe.di.ʒe\) and révisée (\ʁe.vi.ze\) 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 44081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rédigée is recorded at frequency rank #16,469, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.di.ʒe\. révisée is at rank #27,612, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.ze\.

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 44081, this pair ranks #213,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rédigée vs révisée

Shared letters: eiré. Private to "rédigée": dg. Private to "révisée": sv.

"rédigée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "révisée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rédigée" for "révisée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.di.ʒe\ versus \ʁe.vi.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rédigée" or "révisée"?
"rédigée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,469 in our French list, against #27,612 for "révisée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rédigée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #213,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rédigée" and "révisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révisée vs revisitée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #213,208 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