revenuesvsrevêtueConfusable pair

Quick tell: revenues is a verb, revêtue is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“revenues” is a verb and “revêtue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,600
“revenues” frequency rank
#49,330
“revêtue” frequency rank
76930
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revenues revêtue
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de revenir. Féminin singulier de revêtu.

Where the eye mixes revenues and revêtue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revenues runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against revêtue's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
revenues
7 ch
revêtue

Look-alike desk: revenues vs revêtue

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revenues is \ʁə.və.ny\ while revêtue is \ʁə.vɛ.ty\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76930, 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\. revêtue is at rank #49,330, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vɛ.ty\.

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 76930, this pair ranks #29,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revenues vs revêtue

Shared letters: eruv. Private to "revenues": ns. Private to "revêtue": .

"revenues" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "revêtue" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revenueservenues · reevnues · reveneus · revennues · revenuess · revenuse · reveunes · revneues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revenues" and "revêtue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revenues" is a verb and "revêtue" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "revenues" or "revêtue" show up more?
"revenues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,600 in our French list, against #49,330 for "revêtue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revenues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revêtue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revenues" and "revêtue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtue vs revêtus". 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 #29,792 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list