Which to use
“revenais” and “revenir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,779
- “revenais” frequency rank
- #1,096
- “revenir” frequency rank
- 31875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenais | revenir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe revenir. | Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes revenais and revenir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revenais runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against revenir's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revenais and revenir
A purely visual mix-up. revenais (\ʁəv.nɛ\) and revenir (\ʁə.vniʁ\) 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 31875, 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\. revenir is at rank #1,096, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vniʁ\.
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 31875, this pair ranks #301,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revenais vs revenir
Shared letters: einrv. Private to "revenais": as. Private to "revenir": -.
"revenais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "revenir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revenais" and "revenir" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "revenais" vs "revenir" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "revenais" and "revenir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revenais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,018 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenais" and "revenir" 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 #301,018 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.