Which to use
“rêvez” and “revit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,461
- “rêvez” frequency rank
- #31,224
- “revit” frequency rank
- 52685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêvez | revit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revivre. |
Where the eye mixes rêvez and revit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. rêvez and revit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: rêvez vs revit
A purely visual mix-up. rêvez (\ʁɛ.ve\) and revit (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rêvez is recorded at frequency rank #21,461, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.ve\. revit is at rank #31,224, 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 52685, this pair ranks #145,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rêvez vs revit
Shared letters: erv. Private to "rêvez": zê. Private to "revit": it.
"rêvez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "revit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revit ← ervit · reivt · revitt · revti · revvit · rrevit · rveit
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rêvez" and "revit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rêvez" or "revit"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêvez" and "revit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revit". 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 #145,972 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.