Which to use
“repère” and “revers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,735
- “repère” frequency rank
- #6,652
- “revers” frequency rank
- 16387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repère | revers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trait, marque que l’on fait pour retrouver une hauteur, une distance, un alignement, pour ajuster avec exactitude différentes pièces d’un ouvrage. | Côté d’une chose opposé au côté principal, à celui que l’on regarde ou qui se présente d’abord. |
Where the eye mixes repère and revers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. repère (CVCVCV) and revers (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between repère and revers
A purely visual mix-up. repère (\ʁə.pɛʁ\) and revers (\ʁə.vɛʁ\) 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 16387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repère is recorded at frequency rank #9,735, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pɛʁ\. revers is at rank #6,652, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vɛʁ\.
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 16387, this pair ranks #388,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of repère vs revers
Shared letters: er. Private to "repère": pè. Private to "revers": sv.
"repère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "revers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revers ← ervers · reevrs · reverrs · reverss · revesr · revres · revvers · rrevers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repère" and "revers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "repère" or "revers"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "repère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repère" and "revers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs repère". 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 #388,066 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.