Which to use
“règlent” is a verb and “revient” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,957
- “règlent” frequency rank
- #1,209
- “revient” frequency rank
- 31166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | règlent | revient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de régler. | Ce à quoi un objet fabriqué revient (voir les dérivés pour les seuls usages possibles). |
Where the eye mixes règlent and revient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. règlent (CVCCVCC) and revient (CVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: règlent vs revient
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: règlent is \ʁɛɡl\ while revient is \ʁə.vjɛ̃\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
règlent is recorded at frequency rank #29,957, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛɡl\. revient is at rank #1,209, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛ̃\.
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 31166, this pair ranks #305,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of règlent vs revient
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "règlent": glè. Private to "revient": iv.
"règlent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "revient" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revient ← ervient · reivent · reveint · reviennt · revientt · revietn · revinet · revvient
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "règlent" and "revient" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "règlent" vs "revient" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "règlent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "règlent" and "revient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs règlent". 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 #305,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.