Which to use
“rends” and “revis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,420
- “rends” frequency rank
- #43,122
- “revis” frequency rank
- 46542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rends | revis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revivre. |
Where the eye mixes rends and revis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rends (CVCCC) and revis (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between rends and revis
A purely visual mix-up. rends (\ʁɑ̃\) and revis (\ʁə.vi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rends is recorded at frequency rank #3,420, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃\. revis is at rank #43,122, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi\.
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 46542, this pair ranks #194,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rends vs revis
Shared letters: ers. Private to "rends": dn. Private to "revis": iv.
"rends" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "revis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rends" and "revis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rends" or "revis" show up more?
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 "rends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,089 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rends" and "revis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revis". 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 #194,089 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.