Which to use
“revenons” and “revenues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,466
- “revenons” frequency rank
- #27,600
- “revenues” frequency rank
- 41066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenons | revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes revenons and revenues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revenons (CVCVCVCC) and revenues (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between revenons and revenues
A purely visual mix-up. revenons (\ʁə.və.nɔ̃\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revenons is recorded at frequency rank #13,466, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɔ̃\. 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 41066, this pair ranks #235,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revenons vs revenues
Shared letters: enrsv. Private to "revenons": o. Private to "revenues": u.
"revenons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "revenues" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revenons" and "revenues" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "revenons" vs "revenues" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "revenons" and "revenues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revenons" 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 #235,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenons" 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 #235,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.