Which to use
“rêvant” is an adjective and “revoit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,356
- “rêvant” frequency rank
- #15,234
- “revoit” frequency rank
- 45590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêvant | revoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui fait rêver. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revoir. |
Where the eye mixes rêvant and revoit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rêvant (CVCVCC) and revoit (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between rêvant and revoit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rêvant is \ʁɛ.vɑ̃\ while revoit is \ʁə.vwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rêvant is recorded at frequency rank #30,356, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.vɑ̃\. revoit is at rank #15,234, 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 45590, this pair ranks #201,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rêvant vs revoit
Shared letters: rtv. Private to "rêvant": anê. Private to "revoit": eio.
"rêvant" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "revoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoit ← ervoit · reovit · reviot · revoitt · revoti · revvoit · rrevoit · rveoit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rêvant" and "revoit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rêvant" or "revoit"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rêvant" and "revoit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêvant" and "revoit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rêvant vs revoyant". 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 #201,545 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.