Which to use
“revend” and “revendu” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,119
- “revend” frequency rank
- #23,675
- “revendu” frequency rank
- 52794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revend | revendu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revendre. | Participe passé masculin singulier de revendre. |
Where the eye mixes revend and revendu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revend runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against revendu's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revend and revendu
A purely visual mix-up. revend (\ʁə.vɑ̃\) and revendu (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\) 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) - “revend” sits inside “revendu”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revend is recorded at frequency rank #29,119, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃\. revendu is at rank #23,675, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\.
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 52794, this pair ranks #145,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revend vs revendu
Shared letters: denrv. Private to "revend": -. Private to "revendu": u.
"revend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "revendu" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revend" for "revendu" ever safe?
Frequency check: "revend" vs "revendu" - 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 "revend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revendu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revend" and "revendu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revend 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 #145,244 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.