rêvéevsrevêtueConfusable pair

Which to use

“rêvée” and “revêtue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,490
“rêvée” frequency rank
#49,330
“revêtue” frequency rank
74820
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rêvée revêtue
Definition Féminin singulier de rêvé. Féminin singulier de revêtu.

Where the eye mixes rêvée and revêtue

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

5 ch
rêvée
7 ch
revêtue

Look-alike desk: rêvée vs revêtue

A purely visual mix-up. rêvée (\ʁɛ.ve\) and revêtue (\ʁə.vɛ.ty\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74820, 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\. revêtue is at rank #49,330, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vɛ.ty\.

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 74820, this pair ranks #35,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rêvée vs revêtue

Shared letters: ervê. Private to "rêvée": é. Private to "revêtue": tu.

"rêvée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "revêtue" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rêvée" for "revêtue" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɛ.ve\ versus \ʁə.vɛ.ty\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "rêvée" or "revêtue" show up more?
"rêvée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,490 in our French list, against #49,330 for "revêtue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "revêtue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rêvée" and "revêtue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtue vs revêtus". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #35,909 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