Which to use
“revêtir” is a verb and “revêtue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,854
- “revêtir” frequency rank
- #49,330
- “revêtue” frequency rank
- 76184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revêtir | revêtue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pourvoir de vêtements quelqu’un qui en a besoin. | Féminin singulier de revêtu. |
Where the eye mixes revêtir and revêtue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revêtir (CVCVCVC) and revêtue (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between revêtir and revêtue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revêtir is \ʁə.ve.tiʁ\ while revêtue is \ʁə.vɛ.ty\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revêtir is recorded at frequency rank #26,854, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ve.tiʁ\. 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 76184, this pair ranks #31,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revêtir vs revêtue
Shared letters: ertvê. Private to "revêtir": i. Private to "revêtue": u.
"revêtir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revêtue" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revêtir" and "revêtue" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "revêtir" or "revêtue" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "revêtir" and "revêtue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revêtir" 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 #31,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revêtir" and "revêtue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtue vs revêtus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,858 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.