Which to use
“revêt” is a verb and “revêtue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,048
- “revêt” frequency rank
- #49,330
- “revêtue” frequency rank
- 67378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revêt | revêtue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revêtir. | Féminin singulier de revêtu. |
Where the eye mixes revêt and revêtue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revêt runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against revêtue's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: revêt vs revêtue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revêt is \ʁə.vɛ\ while revêtue is \ʁə.vɛ.ty\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “revêt” sits inside “revêtue”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revêt is recorded at frequency rank #18,048, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛ\. 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 67378, this pair ranks #63,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revêt vs revêtue
Shared letters: ertvê. Private to "revêt": -. Private to "revêtue": u.
"revêt" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "revêtue" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revêt" and "revêtue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "revêt" vs "revêtue" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "revêt" and "revêtue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revêt" 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 #63,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revêt" and "revêtue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtue vs revêtus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.