Which to use
“revenues” and “reversés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,600
- “revenues” frequency rank
- #36,136
- “reversés” frequency rank
- 63736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revenues | reversés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de revenir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe reverser. |
Where the eye mixes revenues and reversés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revenues (CVCVCVVC) and reversés (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between revenues and reversés
A purely visual mix-up. revenues (\ʁə.və.ny\) and reversés (\ʁə.vɛʁ.se\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revenues is recorded at frequency rank #27,600, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.ny\. reversés is at rank #36,136, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛʁ.se\.
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 63736, this pair ranks #80,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revenues vs reversés
Shared letters: ersv. Private to "revenues": nu. Private to "reversés": é.
"revenues" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "reversés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revenues ← ervenues · reevnues · reveneus · revennues · revenuess · revenuse · reveunes · revneues
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revenues" for "reversés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "revenues" vs "reversés" - which ranks higher?
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 "revenues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reversés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revenues" and "reversés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reversés vs révisés". 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 #80,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.