revenezvsrevenuesWhat's the difference?

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

#17,550
“revenez” frequency rank
#27,600
“revenues” frequency rank
45150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revenez revenues
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. Participe passé féminin pluriel de revenir.

Where the eye mixes revenez and revenues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revenez runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against revenues's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
revenez
8 ch
revenues

Visual trap between revenez and revenues

A purely visual mix-up. revenez (\ʁə.və.ne\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45150, 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\. 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 45150, this pair ranks #205,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revenez vs revenues

Shared letters: enrv. Private to "revenez": z. Private to "revenues": su.

"revenez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revenues" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revenezervenez · reevnez · reveenz · revenezz · revennez · revenze · revneez · revvenez
  • revenueservenues · reevnues · reveneus · revennues · revenuess · revenuse · reveunes · revneues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revenez" and "revenues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.və.ne\ versus \ʁə.və.ny\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "revenez" or "revenues" show up more?
"revenez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,550 in our French list, against #27,600 for "revenues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revenez" 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 #205,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revenez" and "revenues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenues 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 #205,008 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