reniévsrevitTell them apart

Which to use

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

#29,515
“renié” frequency rank
#31,224
“revit” frequency rank
60739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renié revit
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de renier. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revivre.

Where the eye mixes renié and revit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
renié
5 ch
revit

Why the eye confuses renié with revit

A purely visual mix-up. renié (\ʁə.nje\) and revit (\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 60739, 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\. revit is at rank #31,224, 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 60739, this pair ranks #96,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of renié vs revit

Shared letters: eir. Private to "renié": . Private to "revit": tv.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revitervit · reivt · revitt · revti · revvit · rrevit · rveit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "renié" and "revit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Which is more common, "renié" or "revit"?
"renié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,515 in our French list, against #31,224 for "revit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "renié" and "revit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "renié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renié" and "revit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revit". 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 #96,015 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