Which to use
“rêver” and “revis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,528
- “rêver” frequency rank
- #43,122
- “revis” frequency rank
- 47650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêver | revis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire des rêves en dormant. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revivre. |
Where the eye mixes rêver and revis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. rêver and revis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: rêver vs revis
A purely visual mix-up. rêver (\ʁe.ve\) and revis (\ʁə.vi\) 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 47650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rêver is recorded at frequency rank #4,528, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve\. revis is at rank #43,122, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi\.
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 47650, this pair ranks #185,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rêver vs revis
Shared letters: erv. Private to "rêver": ê. Private to "revis": is.
"rêver" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "revis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revis ← ervis · reivs · reviss · revsi · revvis · rrevis · rveis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rêver" and "revis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rêver" vs "revis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêver" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêver" and "revis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revis". 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 #185,274 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.