remisevsréviséeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,333
“remise” frequency rank
#27,612
“révisée” frequency rank
29945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remise révisée
Definition Action de remettre en un lieu, dans un état, dans une situation... (le mot est toujours accompagné d'un complément) Participe passé féminin singulier de réviser.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remise and révisée apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
remise
7 ch
révisée

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remise is \ʁə.miz\ while révisée is \ʁe.vi.ze\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remise is recorded at frequency rank #2,333, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.miz\. révisée is at rank #27,612, 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 29945, this pair ranks #313,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remise vs révisée

Shared letters: eirs. Private to "remise": m. Private to "révisée": .

"remise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "révisée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remiseermise · reimse · remies · remisse · remmise · remsie · rmeise · rremise

Frequency comparison

remise#2,333
révisée#27,612

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remise" and "révisée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remise" is a noun and "révisée" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remise" or "révisée"?
"remise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,333 in our French list, against #27,612 for "révisée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering remise vs révisée

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “remise”; for a verb, it's “révisée”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “remise” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list