Which to use
“revend” and “revenir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,119
- “revend” frequency rank
- #1,096
- “revenir” frequency rank
- 30215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revend | revenir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revendre. | Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes revend and revenir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revend runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against revenir's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: revend vs revenir
A purely visual mix-up. revend (\ʁə.vɑ̃\) 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 30215, 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\. 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 30215, this pair ranks #311,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revend vs revenir
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "revend": d. Private to "revenir": i.
"revend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "revenir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revend" and "revenir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "revend" or "revenir" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "revend" and "revenir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revend" 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 #311,806 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revend" and "revenir" 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 #311,806 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.