Which to use
“reversé” and “reversés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,989
- “reversé” frequency rank
- #36,136
- “reversés” frequency rank
- 69125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reversé | reversés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de reverser. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe reverser. |
Same sound, different letters: reversé vs reversés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. reversé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against reversés's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - reversé and reversés
This is the hard kind. reversé and reversés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.vɛʁ.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “reversé” sits inside “reversés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reversé is recorded at frequency rank #32,989, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛʁ.se\. 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 69125, this pair ranks #56,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reversé vs reversés
Shared letters: ersvé. Private to "reversé": -. Private to "reversés": -.
"reversé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "reversés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reversé" and "reversés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "reversé" or "reversés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "reversé" / "reversés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "reversé" 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 #56,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reversé" and "reversés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reversés vs révisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #56,368 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.