revendiquentvsrevendiquerConfusable pair

Which to use

“revendiquent” and “revendiquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,862
“revendiquent” frequency rank
#13,680
“revendiquer” frequency rank
32542
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revendiquent revendiquer
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de revendiquer. Demander à traiter une affaire qu'il considère comme étant de ses compétences ou relevant de sa juridiction, en parlant d'un magistrat.

Where the eye mixes revendiquent and revendiquer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. revendiquent runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCVVCC) against revendiquer's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
revendiquent
11 ch
revendiquer

Look-alike desk: revendiquent vs revendiquer

A purely visual mix-up. revendiquent (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dik\) and revendiquer (\ʁə.vɑ̃.di.ke\) 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 32542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revendiquent is recorded at frequency rank #18,862, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃.dik\. revendiquer is at rank #13,680, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃.di.ke\.

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 32542, this pair ranks #296,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revendiquent vs revendiquer

Shared letters: deinqruv. Private to "revendiquent": t. Private to "revendiquer": -.

"revendiquent" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVCC  ·  "revendiquer" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revendiquent ← ervendiquent · reevndiquent · revedniquent · revenddiquent · revendiqeunt · revendiqquent · revendiquennt · revendiquentt
  • revendiquer ← ervendiquer · reevndiquer · revedniquer · revenddiquer · revendiqeur · revendiqquer · revendiquerr · revendiqure

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revendiquent" for "revendiquer" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dik\ versus \ʁə.vɑ̃.di.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "revendiquent" vs "revendiquer" - which ranks higher?
"revendiquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,680 in our French list, against #18,862 for "revendiquent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "revendiquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revendiquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #296,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revendiquent" and "revendiquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendiquent vs revendiqués". 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 #296,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list