repentivsreventeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#38,011
“repenti” frequency rank
#15,023
“revente” frequency rank
53034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repenti revente
Definition Personne qui fait acte de repentance. Seconde vente, nouvelle vente.

Where the eye mixes repenti and revente

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
repenti
7 ch
revente

Why the eye confuses repenti with revente

A purely visual mix-up. repenti (\ʁə.pɑ̃.ti\) and revente (\ʁə.vɑ̃t\) 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 53034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repenti is recorded at frequency rank #38,011, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pɑ̃.ti\. revente is at rank #15,023, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃t\.

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 53034, this pair ranks #143,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repenti vs revente

Shared letters: enrt. Private to "repenti": ip. Private to "revente": v.

"repenti" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "revente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repentierpenti · reepnti · repennti · repentti · repetni · repneti · reppenti · rpeenti
  • reventeervente · reevnte · revenet · revennte · reventte · revetne · revnete · revvente

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repenti" for "revente" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pɑ̃.ti\ versus \ʁə.vɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "repenti" vs "revente" - which ranks higher?
"revente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,023 in our French list, against #38,011 for "repenti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "repenti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #143,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repenti" and "revente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rement vs repenti". 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 #143,536 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