reniévsrevisWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“renié” and “revis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,515
“renié” frequency rank
#43,122
“revis” frequency rank
72637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renié revis
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de renier. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revivre.

Where the eye mixes renié and revis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. renié (CVCVV) and revis (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
renié
5 ch
revis

Look-alike desk: renié vs revis

A purely visual mix-up. renié (\ʁə.nje\) 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 72637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renié is recorded at frequency rank #29,515, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.nje\. 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 72637, this pair ranks #43,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of renié vs revis

Shared letters: eir. Private to "renié": né. Private to "revis": sv.

"renié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "revis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revis ← ervis · reivs · reviss · revsi · revvis · rrevis · rveis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "renié" and "revis" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.nje\ versus \ʁə.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "renié" vs "revis" - which ranks higher?
"renié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,515 in our French list, against #43,122 for "revis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "renié" 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 #43,311 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renié" 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 #43,311 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list