Which to use
“revenez” and “revivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,550
- “revenez” frequency rank
- #36,137
- “revivez” frequency rank
- 53687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenez | revivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revivre. |
Where the eye mixes revenez and revivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revenez and revivez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between revenez and revivez
A purely visual mix-up. revenez (\ʁə.və.ne\) and revivez (\ʁə.vi.ve\) 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 53687, 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\. revivez is at rank #36,137, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi.ve\.
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 53687, this pair ranks #139,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revenez vs revivez
Shared letters: ervz. Private to "revenez": n. Private to "revivez": i.
"revenez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revivez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revenez" and "revivez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "revenez" or "revivez"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "revenez" and "revivez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revenez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revivez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenez" and "revivez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révisés vs revivez". 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 #139,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.