résinesvsrévisésConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#36,146
“résines” frequency rank
#46,430
“révisés” frequency rank
82576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature résines révisés
Definition Pluriel de résine. Participe passé masculin pluriel de réviser.

Where the eye mixes résines and révisés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. résines and révisés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
résines
7 ch
révisés

Visual trap between résines and révisés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: résines is \ʁe.zin\ while révisés is \ʁe.vi.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

résines is recorded at frequency rank #36,146, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.zin\. révisés is at rank #46,430, 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 82576, this pair ranks #16,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of résines vs révisés

Shared letters: irsé. Private to "résines": en. Private to "révisés": v.

"résines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "révisés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "résines" and "révisés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "résines" is a noun and "révisés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "résines" or "révisés"?
"résines" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,146 in our French list, against #46,430 for "révisés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "résines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "résines" and "révisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revis vs révisés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,462 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