Which to use
“repensé” and “revenge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,338
- “repensé” frequency rank
- #29,522
- “revenge” frequency rank
- 59860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repensé | revenge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de repenser. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revenger. |
Where the eye mixes repensé and revenge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. repensé and revenge follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses repensé with revenge
A purely visual mix-up. repensé (\ʁə.pɑ̃.se\) and revenge (\ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repensé is recorded at frequency rank #30,338, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɑ̃.se\. revenge is at rank #29,522, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\.
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 59860, this pair ranks #100,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repensé vs revenge
Shared letters: enr. Private to "repensé": psé. Private to "revenge": gv.
"repensé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revenge" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revenge ← ervenge · reevnge · revegne · reveneg · revengge · revennge · revnege · revvenge
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repensé" for "revenge" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "repensé" or "revenge" 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 "repensé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repensé" and "revenge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenge vs revêtue". 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 #100,812 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.