revvsrevitConfusable pair

Which to use

“rev” and “revit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,795
“rev” frequency rank
#31,224
“revit” frequency rank
57019
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rev revit
Definition Accélérer. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revivre.

Where the eye mixes rev and revit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
rev
5 ch
revit

Look-alike desk: rev vs revit

A purely visual mix-up. rev (\ɹɛv\) and revit (\ʁə.vi\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “rev” sits inside “revit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rev is recorded at frequency rank #25,795, classified as averb, pronounced \ɹɛv\. revit is at rank #31,224, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi\.

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 57019, this pair ranks #117,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rev vs revit

Shared letters: erv. Private to "rev": -. Private to "revit": it.

"rev" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "revit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revitervit · reivt · revitt · revti · revvit · rrevit · rveit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rev" for "revit" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɹɛv\ versus \ʁə.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rev" or "revit"?
"rev" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,795 in our French list, against #31,224 for "revit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "rev" and "revit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rev" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rev" and "revit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revit". 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 #117,524 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