Which to use
“rêvais” and “revoie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,084
- “rêvais” frequency rank
- #46,415
- “revoie” frequency rank
- 68499
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêvais | revoie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir. |
Where the eye mixes rêvais and revoie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rêvais (CVCVVC) and revoie (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: rêvais vs revoie
A purely visual mix-up. rêvais (\ʁɛ.vɛ\) 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 68499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rêvais is recorded at frequency rank #22,084, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.vɛ\. 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 68499, this pair ranks #58,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rêvais vs revoie
Shared letters: irv. Private to "rêvais": asê. Private to "revoie": eo.
"rêvais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rêvais" and "revoie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rêvais" or "revoie"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rêvais" and "revoie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvais" 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 #58,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêvais" 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 #58,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.