Which to use
“revendu” and “revenir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,675
- “revendu” frequency rank
- #1,096
- “revenir” frequency rank
- 24771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revendu | revenir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de revendre. | Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes revendu and revenir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revendu (CVCVCCV) and revenir (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses revendu with revenir
A purely visual mix-up. revendu (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\) and revenir (\ʁə.vniʁ\) 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 24771, 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\. revenir is at rank #1,096, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vniʁ\.
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 24771, this pair ranks #344,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of revendu vs revenir
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "revendu": du. Private to "revenir": i.
"revendu" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revenir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revendu" and "revenir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "revendu" or "revenir" show up more?
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 "revenir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revendu" and "revenir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendu vs revendus". 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 #344,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.