Which to use
“remous” is a noun and “révolus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,652
- “remous” frequency rank
- #47,590
- “révolus” frequency rank
- 67242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remous | révolus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retour de l’eau sur elle-même dans le sillage d’un navire en marche. | Masculin pluriel de révolu. |
Where the eye mixes remous and révolus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. remous runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against révolus's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remous and révolus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remous is \ʁə.mu\ while révolus is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remous is recorded at frequency rank #19,652, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mu\. révolus is at rank #47,590, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ly\.
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 67242, this pair ranks #64,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remous vs révolus
Shared letters: orsu. Private to "remous": em. Private to "révolus": lvé.
"remous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "révolus" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remous ← ermous · remmous · remosu · remouss · remuos · reomus · rmeous · rremous
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remous" and "révolus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remous" or "révolus" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révolus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remous" and "révolus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtus vs révolus". 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 #64,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.