Which to use
“revenaient” and “revendent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,221
- “revenaient” frequency rank
- #48,762
- “revendent” frequency rank
- 75983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenaient | revendent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de revenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de revendre. |
Where the eye mixes revenaient and revendent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. revenaient runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVVCC) against revendent's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revenaient and revendent
A purely visual mix-up. revenaient (\ʁə.və.nɛ\) and revendent (\ʁə.vɑ̃d\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revenaient is recorded at frequency rank #27,221, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɛ\. revendent is at rank #48,762, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃d\.
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 75983, this pair ranks #32,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revenaient vs revendent
Shared letters: enrtv. Private to "revenaient": ai. Private to "revendent": d.
"revenaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC · "revendent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revenaient ← ervenaient · reevnaient · reveanient · revenaeint · revenaiennt · revenaientt · revenaietn · revenainet
- revendent ← ervendent · reevndent · revednent · revenddent · revendennt · revendentt · revendetn · revendnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revenaient" for "revendent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "revenaient" vs "revendent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "revenaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revendent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenaient" and "revendent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendent vs revinrent". 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 #32,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.