Which to use
“rêvée” is an adjective and “revend” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,490
- “rêvée” frequency rank
- #29,119
- “revend” frequency rank
- 54609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêvée | revend |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de rêvé. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revendre. |
Where the eye mixes rêvée and revend
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rêvée with revend
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rêvée is \ʁɛ.ve\ while revend is \ʁə.vɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rêvée is recorded at frequency rank #25,490, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.ve\. revend is at rank #29,119, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃\.
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 54609, this pair ranks #132,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rêvée vs revend
Shared letters: erv. Private to "rêvée": éê. Private to "revend": dn.
"rêvée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "revend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revend ← ervend · reevnd · revedn · revendd · revennd · revned · revvend · rrevend
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rêvée" for "revend" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rêvée" or "revend"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêvée" and "revend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revend vs revendus". 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 #132,868 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.