Which to use
“retenons” and “revenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,327
- “retenons” frequency rank
- #13,466
- “revenons” frequency rank
- 62793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retenons | revenons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de retenir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes retenons and revenons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. retenons and revenons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: retenons vs revenons
A purely visual mix-up. retenons (\ʁə.tə.nɔ̃\) and revenons (\ʁə.və.nɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - t in “retenons” becomes v in “revenons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retenons is recorded at frequency rank #49,327, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tə.nɔ̃\. revenons is at rank #13,466, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɔ̃\.
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 62793, this pair ranks #85,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of retenons vs revenons
Shared letters: enors. Private to "retenons": t. Private to "revenons": v.
"retenons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "revenons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retenons" and "revenons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "retenons" or "revenons"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "retenons" and "revenons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retenons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retenons" and "revenons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "répétons vs retenons". 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 #85,263 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.