Which to use
“rement” is a verb and “revient” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,149
- “rement” frequency rank
- #1,209
- “revient” frequency rank
- 49358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rement | revient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe rementir. | Ce à quoi un objet fabriqué revient (voir les dérivés pour les seuls usages possibles). |
Where the eye mixes rement and revient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rement runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against revient's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rement vs revient
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rement is \ʁə.mɑ̃\ while revient is \ʁə.vjɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49358, 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\. 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 49358, this pair ranks #171,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rement vs revient
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "rement": m. Private to "revient": iv.
"rement" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "revient" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rement" and "revient" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rement" or "revient"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rement" 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 #171,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rement" and "revient" 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 #171,350 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.