Which to use
“revenant” and “revenants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,382
- “revenant” frequency rank
- #33,439
- “revenants” frequency rank
- 42821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenant | revenants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui revient. | Masculin pluriel de revenant. |
Where the eye mixes revenant and revenants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. revenant runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against revenants's 9 (CVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revenant and revenants
A purely visual mix-up. revenant (\ʁə.və.nɑ̃\) and revenants (\ʁəv.nɑ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “revenant” sits inside “revenants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revenant is recorded at frequency rank #9,382, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɑ̃\. revenants is at rank #33,439, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁəv.nɑ̃t\.
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 42821, this pair ranks #222,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revenant vs revenants
Shared letters: aenrtv. Private to "revenant": -. Private to "revenants": s.
"revenant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "revenants" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revenant" and "revenants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "revenant" or "revenants" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "revenant" and "revenants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revenant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenant" and "revenants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenais vs revenants". 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 #222,698 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.