Which to use
“remué” and “revues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,277
- “remué” frequency rank
- #7,621
- “revues” frequency rank
- 52898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remué | revues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ému, touché. | Féminin pluriel de revu. |
Where the eye mixes remué and revues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. remué runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against revues's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remué vs revues
A purely visual mix-up. remué (\ʁə.mɥe\) and revues (\ʁə.vy\) 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 52898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remué is recorded at frequency rank #45,277, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.mɥe\. revues is at rank #7,621, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vy\.
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 52898, this pair ranks #144,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remué vs revues
Shared letters: eru. Private to "remué": mé. Private to "revues": sv.
"remué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "revues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revues ← ervues · reuves · reveus · revuess · revuse · revvues · rrevues · rveues
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remué" and "revues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remué" or "revues" 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 "remué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remué" and "revues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs remué". 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 #144,486 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.