Which to use
“revendu” and “revenge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,675
- “revendu” frequency rank
- #29,522
- “revenge” frequency rank
- 53197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revendu | revenge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de revendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revenger. |
Where the eye mixes revendu and revenge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revendu and revenge follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses revendu with revenge
A purely visual mix-up. revendu (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\) and revenge (\ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\) 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 53197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revendu is recorded at frequency rank #23,675, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\. revenge is at rank #29,522, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃ʒ\.
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 53197, this pair ranks #142,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revendu vs revenge
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "revendu": du. Private to "revenge": g.
"revendu" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revenge" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revendu" and "revenge" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "revendu" or "revenge"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "revendu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revendu" and "revenge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenge 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 #142,427 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.