Which to use
“restés” and “revues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,231
- “restés” frequency rank
- #7,621
- “revues” frequency rank
- 13852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | restés | revues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de resté. | Féminin pluriel de revu. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set restés and revues apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. restés (\ʁɛs.te\) and revues (\ʁə.vy\) 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 13852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
restés is recorded at frequency rank #6,231, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛs.te\. revues is at rank #7,621, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vy\.
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 13852, this pair ranks #399,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of restés vs revues
Shared letters: ers. Private to "restés": té. Private to "revues": uv.
"restés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "revues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revues ← ervues · reuves · reveus · revuess · revuse · revvues · rrevues · rveues