Which to use
“renié” and “revoie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,515
- “renié” frequency rank
- #46,415
- “revoie” frequency rank
- 75930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renié | revoie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de renier. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir. |
Where the eye mixes renié and revoie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. renié runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against revoie's 6 (CVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between renié and revoie
A purely visual mix-up. renié (\ʁə.nje\) and revoie (\ʁə.vwa\) 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 75930, 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\. revoie is at rank #46,415, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\.
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 75930, this pair ranks #32,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renié vs revoie
Shared letters: eir. Private to "renié": né. Private to "revoie": ov.
"renié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "renié" for "revoie" ever safe?
Which is more common, "renié" or "revoie"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "renié" and "revoie" 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 "revoie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renié" and "revoie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs revoie". 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 #32,569 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.