Which to use
“revendre” is a verb and “revente” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,661
- “revendre” frequency rank
- #15,023
- “revente” frequency rank
- 27684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revendre | revente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vendre ce que l’on a acheté. | Seconde vente, nouvelle vente. |
Where the eye mixes revendre and revente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revendre runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against revente's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revendre and revente
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revendre is \ʁə.vɑ̃dʁ\ while revente is \ʁə.vɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27684, 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\. revente is at rank #15,023, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃t\.
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 27684, this pair ranks #327,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revendre vs revente
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "revendre": d. Private to "revente": t.
"revendre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "revente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revendre" and "revente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "revendre" vs "revente" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "revendre" and "revente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #327,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revendre" and "revente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revente vs revêtue". 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 #327,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.