replientvsrevientWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: replient is a verb, revient is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“replient” is a verb and “revient” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,570
“replient” frequency rank
#1,209
“revient” frequency rank
48779
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature replient revient
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de replier. Ce à quoi un objet fabriqué revient (voir les dérivés pour les seuls usages possibles).

Where the eye mixes replient and revient

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
replient
7 ch
revient

Look-alike desk: replient vs revient

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: replient is \ʁə.pli\ while revient is \ʁə.vjɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

replient is recorded at frequency rank #47,570, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli\. revient is at rank #1,209, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛ̃\.

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 48779, this pair ranks #176,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of replient vs revient

Shared letters: einrt. Private to "replient": lp. Private to "revient": v.

"replient" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "revient" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • replienterplient · relpient · repilent · repleint · repliennt · replientt · replietn · replinet
  • revientervient · reivent · reveint · reviennt · revientt · revietn · revinet · revvient

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "replient" for "revient" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "replient" is a verb and "revient" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "replient" or "revient" show up more?
"revient" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,209 in our French list, against #47,570 for "replient". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "replient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #176,102 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "replient" and "revient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rallient vs replient". 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 #176,102 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