Which to use
“renvoyait” and “revoyant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,567
- “renvoyait” frequency rank
- #49,913
- “revoyant” frequency rank
- 97480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renvoyait | revoyant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de renvoyer. | Participe présent de revoir. |
Where the eye mixes renvoyait and revoyant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. renvoyait runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVVC) against revoyant's 8 (CVCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: renvoyait vs revoyant
A purely visual mix-up. renvoyait (\ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ\) and revoyant (\ʁə.vwa.jɑ̃\) 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 97480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renvoyait is recorded at frequency rank #47,567, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ\. revoyant is at rank #49,913, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa.jɑ̃\.
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 97480, this pair ranks #334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renvoyait vs revoyant
Shared letters: aenortvy. Private to "renvoyait": i. Private to "revoyant": -.
"renvoyait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVVC · "revoyant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renvoyait" and "revoyant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "renvoyait" vs "revoyant" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "renvoyait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revoyant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renvoyait" and "revoyant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révoltant vs revoyant". 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 #334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.