rementvsrevêtWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“rement” and “revêt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,149
“rement” frequency rank
#18,048
“revêt” frequency rank
66197
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rement revêt
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe rementir. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revêtir.

Where the eye mixes rement and revêt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rement runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against revêt's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rement
5 ch
revêt

Look-alike desk: rement vs revêt

A purely visual mix-up. rement (\ʁə.mɑ̃\) and revêt (\ʁə.vɛ\) 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 66197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rement is recorded at frequency rank #48,149, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɑ̃\. revêt is at rank #18,048, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛ\.

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 66197, this pair ranks #68,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rement vs revêt

Shared letters: ert. Private to "rement": mn. Private to "revêt": vê.

"rement" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "revêt" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rement ← erment · reemnt · remennt · rementt · remetn · remment · remnet · rmeent

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rement" for "revêt" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.mɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.vɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rement" or "revêt"?
"revêt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,048 in our French list, against #48,149 for "rement". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revêt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rement" and "revêt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramen vs rement". 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 #68,870 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