Which to use
“revenais” and “revenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,779
- “revenais” frequency rank
- #13,466
- “revenons” frequency rank
- 44245
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenais | revenons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe revenir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes revenais and revenons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revenais (CVCVCVVC) and revenons (CVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between revenais and revenons
A purely visual mix-up. revenais (\ʁəv.nɛ\) and revenons (\ʁə.və.nɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44245, 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\. revenons is at rank #13,466, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɔ̃\.
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 44245, this pair ranks #211,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revenais vs revenons
Shared letters: enrsv. Private to "revenais": ai. Private to "revenons": o.
"revenais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "revenons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revenais" for "revenons" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "revenais" and "revenons" 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 "revenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenais" and "revenons" 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 #211,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.