Which to use
“redire” and “revivre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,656
- “redire” frequency rank
- #8,770
- “revivre” frequency rank
- 21426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redire | revivre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Répéter, dire une même chose plusieurs fois. | Ressusciter, revenir à la vie. |
Where the eye mixes redire and revivre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. redire runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against revivre's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between redire and revivre
A purely visual mix-up. redire (\ʁə.diʁ\) and revivre (\ʁə.vivʁ\) 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 21426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redire is recorded at frequency rank #12,656, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.diʁ\. revivre is at rank #8,770, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vivʁ\.
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 21426, this pair ranks #363,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of redire vs revivre
Shared letters: eir. Private to "redire": d. Private to "revivre": v.
"redire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "revivre" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "redire" for "revivre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "redire" or "revivre"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "redire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revivre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redire" and "revivre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs redire". 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 #363,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.