Which to use
“revend” and “rêvez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,119
- “revend” frequency rank
- #21,461
- “rêvez” frequency rank
- 50580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revend | rêvez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revendre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver. |
Where the eye mixes revend and rêvez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. revend runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against rêvez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revend and rêvez
A purely visual mix-up. revend (\ʁə.vɑ̃\) and rêvez (\ʁɛ.ve\) 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 50580, 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\. rêvez is at rank #21,461, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.ve\.
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 50580, this pair ranks #161,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revend vs rêvez
Shared letters: erv. Private to "revend": dn. Private to "rêvez": zê.
"revend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "rêvez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revend ← ervend · reevnd · revedn · revendd · revennd · revned · revvend · rrevend
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revend" and "rêvez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "revend" vs "rêvez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "revend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revend" and "rêvez" 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 #161,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.