Which to use
“reposé” and “révisé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,794
- “reposé” frequency rank
- #16,472
- “révisé” frequency rank
- 42266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposé | révisé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe reposer. | Participe passé masculin singulier de réviser. |
Where the eye mixes reposé and révisé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reposé and révisé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: reposé vs révisé
A purely visual mix-up. reposé (\ʁə.po.ze\) and révisé (\ʁe.vi.ze\) 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 42266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reposé is recorded at frequency rank #25,794, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.po.ze\. révisé is at rank #16,472, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.ze\.
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 42266, this pair ranks #226,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reposé vs révisé
Shared letters: rsé. Private to "reposé": eop. Private to "révisé": iv.
"reposé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "révisé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reposé" for "révisé" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "reposé" or "révisé" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reposé" and "révisé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reposé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposé" and "révisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs reposé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #226,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.