rêvéevsrevengeConfusable pair

Quick tell: rêvée is a adjective, revenge is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rêvée” is an adjective and “revenge” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,490
“rêvée” frequency rank
#29,522
“revenge” frequency rank
55012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rêvée revenge
Definition Féminin singulier de rêvé. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revenger.

Where the eye mixes rêvée and revenge

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rêvée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against revenge's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
rêvée
7 ch
revenge

Why the eye confuses rêvée with revenge

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rêvée is \ʁɛ.ve\ while revenge is \ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 55012, 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\. revenge is at rank #29,522, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\.

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 55012, this pair ranks #130,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rêvée vs revenge

Shared letters: erv. Private to "rêvée": éê. Private to "revenge": gn.

"rêvée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "revenge" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revengeervenge · reevnge · revegne · reveneg · revengge · revennge · revnege · revvenge

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rêvée" and "revenge" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rêvée" is an adjective and "revenge" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "rêvée" or "revenge" show up more?
"rêvée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,490 in our French list, against #29,522 for "revenge". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rêvée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revenge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #130,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rêvée" and "revenge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenge vs revêtue". 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 #130,214 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list