Which to use
“revêtue” and “revêtus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,330
- “revêtue” frequency rank
- #47,576
- “revêtus” frequency rank
- 96906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revêtue | revêtus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de revêtu. | Masculin pluriel de revêtu. |
Same sound, different letters: revêtue vs revêtus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. revêtue (CVCVCVV) and revêtus (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: revêtue vs revêtus
This is the hard kind. revêtue and revêtus are pronounced identically (\ʁə.vɛ.ty\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “revêtue” becomes s in “revêtus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revêtue is recorded at frequency rank #49,330, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vɛ.ty\. revêtus is at rank #47,576, 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 96906, this pair ranks #529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revêtue vs revêtus
Shared letters: ertuvê. Private to "revêtue": -. Private to "revêtus": s.
"revêtue" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "revêtus" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revêtue" and "revêtus" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "revêtue" vs "revêtus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"revêtue" and "revêtus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "revêtue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revêtus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revêtue" and "revêtus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendus vs revêtus". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.