Which to use
“rêvait” and “revis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,315
- “rêvait” frequency rank
- #43,122
- “revis” frequency rank
- 61437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêvait | revis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revivre. |
Where the eye mixes rêvait and revis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rêvait runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against revis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rêvait vs revis
A purely visual mix-up. rêvait (\ʁɛ.vɛ\) and revis (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rêvait is recorded at frequency rank #18,315, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.vɛ\. revis is at rank #43,122, 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 61437, this pair ranks #92,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rêvait vs revis
Shared letters: irv. Private to "rêvait": atê. Private to "revis": es.
"rêvait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "revis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revis ← ervis · reivs · reviss · revsi · revvis · rrevis · rveis
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rêvait" and "revis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rêvait" vs "revis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêvait" and "revis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revis". 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 #92,302 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.