Which to use
“reposé” and “revoie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,794
- “reposé” frequency rank
- #46,415
- “revoie” frequency rank
- 72209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposé | revoie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe reposer. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir. |
Where the eye mixes reposé and revoie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reposé (CVCVCV) and revoie (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses reposé with revoie
A purely visual mix-up. reposé (\ʁə.po.ze\) 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 72209, 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\. 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 72209, this pair ranks #44,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reposé vs revoie
Shared letters: eor. Private to "reposé": psé. Private to "revoie": iv.
"reposé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reposé" and "revoie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "reposé" or "revoie" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "reposé" and "revoie" 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 "revoie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposé" 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 #44,810 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.