revendiquentvsrevendiquésWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#18,862
“revendiquent” frequency rank
#45,844
“revendiqués” frequency rank
64706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revendiquent revendiqués
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de revendiquer. Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe revendiquer.

Where the eye mixes revendiquent and revendiqués

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. revendiquent runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCVVCC) against revendiqués's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
revendiquent
11 ch
revendiqués

Visual trap between revendiquent and revendiqués

A purely visual mix-up. revendiquent (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dik\) and revendiqués (\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 64706, 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\. revendiqués is at rank #45,844, 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 64706, this pair ranks #75,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revendiquent vs revendiqués

Shared letters: deinqruv. Private to "revendiquent": t. Private to "revendiqués": sé.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revendiquent ← ervendiquent · reevndiquent · revedniquent · revenddiquent · revendiqeunt · revendiqquent · revendiquennt · revendiquentt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revendiquent" for "revendiqués" 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.
In ordinary French text, does "revendiquent" or "revendiqués" show up more?
"revendiquent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,862 in our French list, against #45,844 for "revendiqués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revendiquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revendiqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revendiquent" and "revendiqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendiquée 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 #75,741 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