Which to use
“reverser” and “reversés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,694
- “reverser” frequency rank
- #36,136
- “reversés” frequency rank
- 71830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reverser | reversés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Verser de nouveau. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe reverser. |
Same sound, different letters: reverser vs reversés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: reverser vs reversés
This is the hard kind. reverser 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reverser is recorded at frequency rank #35,694, 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 71830, this pair ranks #46,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reverser vs reversés
Shared letters: ersv. Private to "reverser": -. Private to "reversés": é.
"reverser" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "reversés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reverser ← erverser · reevrser · reveresr · reverrser · reverserr · reversre · reversser · revesrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reverser" and "reversés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "reverser" or "reversés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "reverser" 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 #46,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reverser" 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 #46,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.