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

#48,161
“revendus” frequency rank
#27,600
“revenues” frequency rank
75761
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revendus revenues
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de revendre. Participe passé féminin pluriel de revenir.

Where the eye mixes revendus and revenues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
revendus
8 ch
revenues

Look-alike desk: revendus vs revenues

A purely visual mix-up. revendus (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\) and revenues (\ʁə.və.ny\) 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 75761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revendus is recorded at frequency rank #48,161, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\. revenues is at rank #27,600, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.ny\.

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 75761, this pair ranks #33,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revendus vs revenues

Shared letters: enrsuv. Private to "revendus": d. Private to "revenues": -.

"revendus" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "revenues" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revenduservendus · reevndus · revednus · revenddus · revendsu · revenduss · revenndus · revenuds
  • revenueservenues · reevnues · reveneus · revennues · revenuess · revenuse · reveunes · revneues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revendus" and "revenues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.vɑ̃.dy\ versus \ʁə.və.ny\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "revendus" or "revenues"?
"revenues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,600 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

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  • Full dictionary entry for "revendus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revenues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revendus" and "revenues" 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 #33,090 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