Which to use
“revendent” and “revinrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,762
- “revendent” frequency rank
- #44,147
- “revinrent” frequency rank
- 92909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revendent | revinrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de revendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de l’indicatif de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes revendent and revinrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. revendent and revinrent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between revendent and revinrent
A purely visual mix-up. revendent (\ʁə.vɑ̃d\) and revinrent (\ʁə.vɛ̃ʁ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92909, 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\. revinrent is at rank #44,147, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛ̃ʁ\.
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 92909, this pair ranks #2,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revendent vs revinrent
Shared letters: enrtv. Private to "revendent": d. Private to "revinrent": i.
"revendent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "revinrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revendent" for "revinrent" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "revendent" and "revinrent" 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 "revinrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revendent" and "revinrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendent 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 #2,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.