Which to use
“redis” and “revis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,674
- “redis” frequency rank
- #43,122
- “revis” frequency rank
- 65796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redis | revis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de redire. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revivre. |
Where the eye mixes redis and revis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. redis and revis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: redis vs revis
A purely visual mix-up. redis (\ʁə.di\) and revis (\ʁə.vi\) 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 a single letter - d in “redis” becomes v in “revis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redis is recorded at frequency rank #22,674, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.di\. revis is at rank #43,122, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi\.
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 65796, this pair ranks #70,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of redis vs revis
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "redis": d. Private to "revis": v.
"redis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "revis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "redis" and "revis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "redis" or "revis" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "redis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redis" and "revis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revis". 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 #70,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.