Which to use
“revendent” and “revêtent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,762
- “revendent” frequency rank
- #43,640
- “revêtent” frequency rank
- 92402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revendent | revêtent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de revendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revêtir. |
Where the eye mixes revendent and revêtent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revendent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against revêtent's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: revendent vs revêtent
A purely visual mix-up. revendent (\ʁə.vɑ̃d\) and revêtent (\ʁə.vɛt\) 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 92402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revendent is recorded at frequency rank #48,762, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃d\. revêtent is at rank #43,640, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛt\.
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 92402, this pair ranks #3,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revendent vs revêtent
Shared letters: enrtv. Private to "revendent": d. Private to "revêtent": ê.
"revendent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "revêtent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revendent ← ervendent · reevndent · revednent · revenddent · revendennt · revendentt · revendetn · revendnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revendent" for "revêtent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "revendent" vs "revêtent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "revendent" and "revêtent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revendent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revêtent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revendent" and "revêtent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs revêtent". 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 #3,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.