Which to use
“revend” and “rêvons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,119
- “revend” frequency rank
- #44,715
- “rêvons” frequency rank
- 73834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revend | rêvons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revendre. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver. |
Where the eye mixes revend and rêvons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between revend and rêvons
A purely visual mix-up. revend (\ʁə.vɑ̃\) and rêvons (\ʁɛ.vɔ̃\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73834, 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\. rêvons is at rank #44,715, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.vɔ̃\.
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 73834, this pair ranks #39,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revend vs rêvons
Shared letters: nrv. Private to "revend": de. Private to "rêvons": osê.
"revend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "rêvons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revend ← ervend · reevnd · revedn · revendd · revennd · revned · revvend · rrevend
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revend" for "rêvons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "revend" or "rêvons" show up more?
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 "rêvons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revend" and "rêvons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révolus vs rêvons". 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 #39,115 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.