Which to use
“revenez” and “revenir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,550
- “revenez” frequency rank
- #1,096
- “revenir” frequency rank
- 18646
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenez | revenir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. | Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes revenez and revenir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revenez and revenir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: revenez vs revenir
A purely visual mix-up. revenez (\ʁə.və.ne\) 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 18646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revenez is recorded at frequency rank #17,550, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.ne\. 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 18646, this pair ranks #377,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of revenez vs revenir
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "revenez": z. Private to "revenir": i.
"revenez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revenir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revenez" for "revenir" ever safe?
Frequency check: "revenez" vs "revenir" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "revenez" 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 #377,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenez" and "revenir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relevez vs revenez". 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 #377,233 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.