revenusvsrêveuseWhich spelling fits?

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“revenus” and “rêveuse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,717
“revenus” frequency rank
#40,988
“rêveuse” frequency rank
42705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revenus rêveuse
Definition Pluriel de revenu. Celle qui rêve, qui s’entretient de ses imaginations.

Where the eye mixes revenus and rêveuse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revenus (CVCVCVC) and rêveuse (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
revenus
7 ch
rêveuse

Why the eye confuses revenus with rêveuse

A purely visual mix-up. revenus (\ʁə.və.ny\) and rêveuse (\ʁɛ.vøz\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revenus is recorded at frequency rank #1,717, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.və.ny\. rêveuse is at rank #40,988, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛ.vøz\.

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 42705, this pair ranks #223,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revenus vs rêveuse

Shared letters: ersuv. Private to "revenus": n. Private to "rêveuse": ê.

"revenus" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "rêveuse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revenus ← ervenus · reevnus · revennus · revensu · revenuss · reveuns · revneus · revvenus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revenus" for "rêveuse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.və.ny\ versus \ʁɛ.vøz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "revenus" or "rêveuse"?
"revenus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,717 in our French list, against #40,988 for "rêveuse". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "revenus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rêveuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revenus" and "rêveuse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtue vs rêveuse". 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 #223,584 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