Which to use
“revenais” and “revenait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,779
- “revenais” frequency rank
- #10,573
- “revenait” frequency rank
- 41352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenais | revenait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe revenir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes revenais and revenait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. revenais and revenait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses revenais with revenait
A purely visual mix-up. revenais (\ʁəv.nɛ\) and revenait (\ʁə.və.nɛ\) 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 a single letter - s in “revenais” becomes t in “revenait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revenais is recorded at frequency rank #30,779, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁəv.nɛ\. revenait is at rank #10,573, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɛ\.
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 41352, this pair ranks #233,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revenais vs revenait
Shared letters: aeinrv. Private to "revenais": s. Private to "revenait": t.
"revenais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "revenait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revenais" and "revenait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "revenais" or "revenait" show up more?
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 "revenais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenais" and "revenait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenais 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 #233,712 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.