Which to use
“revêtir” and “revoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,854
- “revêtir” frequency rank
- #1,675
- “revoir” frequency rank
- 28529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revêtir | revoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pourvoir de vêtements quelqu’un qui en a besoin. | Voir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes revêtir and revoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revêtir runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against revoir's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revêtir and revoir
A purely visual mix-up. revêtir (\ʁə.ve.tiʁ\) and revoir (\ʁə.vwaʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28529, 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\. revoir is at rank #1,675, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwaʁ\.
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 28529, this pair ranks #322,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revêtir vs revoir
Shared letters: eirv. Private to "revêtir": tê. Private to "revoir": o.
"revêtir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoir ← ervoir · reovir · revior · revoirr · revori · revvoir · rrevoir · rveoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revêtir" and "revoir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "revêtir" or "revoir" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "revêtir" and "revoir" 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 "revoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #322,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revêtir" and "revoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtir vs revêtue". 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 #322,213 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.