Which to use
“remorquer” and “révoquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,835
- “remorquer” frequency rank
- #32,582
- “révoquer” frequency rank
- 78417
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remorquer | révoquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc. | Destituer ; ôter à quelqu’un, pour des raisons de mécontentement, les fonctions, le pouvoir, l’emploi amovible qu’on lui avait donné. |
Where the eye mixes remorquer and révoquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remorquer runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against révoquer's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remorquer vs révoquer
A purely visual mix-up. remorquer (\ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\) and révoquer (\ʁe.vɔ.ke\) 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 78417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remorquer is recorded at frequency rank #45,835, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\. révoquer is at rank #32,582, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ke\.
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 78417, this pair ranks #25,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remorquer vs révoquer
Shared letters: eoqru. Private to "remorquer": m. Private to "révoquer": vé.
"remorquer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "révoquer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remorquer ← ermorquer · remmorquer · remoqruer · remorqeur · remorqquer · remorquerr · remorqure · remorrquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remorquer" for "révoquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remorquer" or "révoquer"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remorquer" and "révoquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remorquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révoquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remorquer" and "révoquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remorquer vs rétorqué". 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 #25,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.