réduitvsrevoitWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réduit is a noun, revoit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réduit” is a noun and “revoit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,336
“réduit” frequency rank
#15,234
“revoit” frequency rank
17570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réduit revoit
Definition Retraite ; petit logement. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revoir.

Where the eye mixes réduit and revoit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
réduit
6 ch
revoit

Visual trap between réduit and revoit

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réduit is \ʁe.dɥi\ while revoit is \ʁə.vwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réduit is recorded at frequency rank #2,336, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.dɥi\. revoit is at rank #15,234, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\.

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 17570, this pair ranks #382,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réduit vs revoit

Shared letters: irt. Private to "réduit": dué. Private to "revoit": eov.

"réduit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "revoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoitervoit · reovit · reviot · revoitt · revoti · revvoit · rrevoit · rveoit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réduit" for "revoit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réduit" is a noun and "revoit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "réduit" or "revoit" show up more?
"réduit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,336 in our French list, against #15,234 for "revoit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "réduit" and "revoit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réduit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #382,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réduit" and "revoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revoit". 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 #382,515 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