Which to use
“régimes” is a noun and “révisés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,920
- “régimes” frequency rank
- #46,430
- “révisés” frequency rank
- 52350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | régimes | révisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de régime. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de réviser. |
Where the eye mixes régimes and révisés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. régimes and révisés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses régimes with révisés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: régimes is \ʁe.ʒim\ while révisés is \ʁe.vi.ze\. 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 52350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
régimes is recorded at frequency rank #5,920, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ʒim\. révisés is at rank #46,430, 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 52350, this pair ranks #148,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of régimes vs révisés
Shared letters: irsé. Private to "régimes": egm. Private to "révisés": v.
"régimes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "révisés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "régimes" and "révisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "régimes" or "révisés" show up more?
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 "régimes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "régimes" and "révisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revis vs révisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #148,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.