Which to use
“revenir” and “revêtir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,096
- “revenir” frequency rank
- #26,854
- “revêtir” frequency rank
- 27950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenir | revêtir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Venir une autre fois, venir de nouveau. | Pourvoir de vêtements quelqu’un qui en a besoin. |
Where the eye mixes revenir and revêtir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revenir and revêtir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between revenir and revêtir
A purely visual mix-up. revenir (\ʁə.vniʁ\) and revêtir (\ʁə.ve.tiʁ\) 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 27950, 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\. revêtir is at rank #26,854, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ve.tiʁ\.
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 27950, this pair ranks #325,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revenir vs revêtir
Shared letters: eirv. Private to "revenir": n. Private to "revêtir": tê.
"revenir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revêtir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revenir ← ervenir · reevnir · reveinr · revenirr · revennir · revenri · revneir · revvenir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revenir" and "revêtir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "revenir" or "revêtir" show up more?
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 "revenir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revêtir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenir" and "revêtir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtir 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 #325,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.