repliévsrevoieConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#31,689
“replié” frequency rank
#46,415
“revoie” frequency rank
78104
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replié revoie
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de replier. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir.

Where the eye mixes replié and revoie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. replié (CVCCVV) and revoie (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
replié
6 ch
revoie

Look-alike desk: replié vs revoie

A purely visual mix-up. replié (\ʁə.pli.je\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

replié is recorded at frequency rank #31,689, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\. 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 78104, this pair ranks #26,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of replié vs revoie

Shared letters: eir. Private to "replié": lpé. Private to "revoie": ov.

"replié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "replié" for "revoie" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pli.je\ versus \ʁə.vwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "replié" or "revoie" show up more?
"replié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,689 in our French list, against #46,415 for "revoie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "replié" 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 #26,613 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replié" 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 #26,613 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