Which to use
“rêveur” and “revus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,275
- “rêveur” frequency rank
- #27,601
- “revus” frequency rank
- 47876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêveur | revus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui rêve ; qui s’entretient de ses imaginations. | Masculin pluriel de revu. |
Where the eye mixes rêveur and revus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rêveur runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against revus's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rêveur vs revus
A purely visual mix-up. rêveur (\ʁɛ.vœʁ\) and revus (\ʁə.vy\) 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 47876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rêveur is recorded at frequency rank #20,275, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.vœʁ\. revus is at rank #27,601, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vy\.
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 47876, this pair ranks #183,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rêveur vs revus
Shared letters: eruv. Private to "rêveur": ê. Private to "revus": s.
"rêveur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "revus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revus ← ervus · reuvs · revsu · revuss · revvus · rrevus · rveus
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rêveur" for "revus" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rêveur" or "revus"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêveur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêveur" and "revus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs revus". 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 #183,439 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.