Which to use
“revenir” and “rêvent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,096
- “revenir” frequency rank
- #13,906
- “rêvent” frequency rank
- 15002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenir | rêvent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver. |
Where the eye mixes revenir and rêvent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. revenir runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against rêvent's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revenir and rêvent
A purely visual mix-up. revenir (\ʁə.vniʁ\) and rêvent (\ʁɛv\) 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 15002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revenir is recorded at frequency rank #1,096, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vniʁ\. rêvent is at rank #13,906, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛv\.
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 15002, this pair ranks #394,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of revenir vs rêvent
Shared letters: enrv. Private to "revenir": i. Private to "rêvent": tê.
"revenir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "rêvent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revenir ← ervenir · reevnir · reveinr · revenirr · revennir · revenri · revneir · revvenir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revenir" for "rêvent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "revenir" or "rêvent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "revenir" and "rêvent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revenir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenir" and "rêvent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rement vs rêvent". 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 #394,282 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.