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

#12,661
“revendre” frequency rank
#48,161
“revendus” frequency rank
60822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revendre revendus
Definition Vendre ce que l’on a acheté. Participe passé masculin pluriel de revendre.

Where the eye mixes revendre and revendus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revendre (CVCVCCCV) and revendus (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
revendre
8 ch
revendus

Why the eye confuses revendre with revendus

A purely visual mix-up. revendre (\ʁə.vɑ̃dʁ\) and revendus (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\) 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 60822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revendre is recorded at frequency rank #12,661, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃dʁ\. revendus is at rank #48,161, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\.

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 60822, this pair ranks #95,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revendre vs revendus

Shared letters: denrv. Private to "revendre": -. Private to "revendus": su.

"revendre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "revendus" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revendre ← ervendre · reevndre · revednre · revenddre · revender · revendrre · revenndre · revenrde
  • revendus ← ervendus · reevndus · revednus · revenddus · revendsu · revenduss · revenndus · revenuds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revendre" and "revendus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.vɑ̃dʁ\ versus \ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "revendre" vs "revendus" - which ranks higher?
"revendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,661 in our French list, against #48,161 for "revendus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "revendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revendus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revendre" and "revendus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendus vs revêtus". 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 #95,581 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