Which to use
“rêvait” and “revoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,315
- “rêvait” frequency rank
- #1,675
- “revoir” frequency rank
- 19990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêvait | revoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver. | Voir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes rêvait and revoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between rêvait and revoir
A purely visual mix-up. rêvait (\ʁɛ.vɛ\) and revoir (\ʁə.vwaʁ\) 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 19990, 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\. revoir is at rank #1,675, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwaʁ\.
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 19990, this pair ranks #370,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rêvait vs revoir
Shared letters: irv. Private to "rêvait": atê. Private to "revoir": eo.
"rêvait" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "revoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoir ← ervoir · reovir · revior · revoirr · revori · revvoir · rrevoir · rveoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rêvait" and "revoir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rêvait" or "revoir"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,483 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêvait" and "revoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs rêvait". 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 #370,483 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.