Which to use
“revêt” and “revis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,048
- “revêt” frequency rank
- #43,122
- “revis” frequency rank
- 61170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revêt | revis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revêtir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revivre. |
Where the eye mixes revêt and revis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. revêt and revis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses revêt with revis
A purely visual mix-up. revêt (\ʁə.vɛ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61170, 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\. 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 61170, this pair ranks #93,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revêt vs revis
Shared letters: erv. Private to "revêt": tê. Private to "revis": is.
"revêt" · 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
Is swapping "revêt" for "revis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "revêt" or "revis" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "revêt" and "revis" 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 "revis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revêt" 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 #93,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.