rêvezvsrevueWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rêvez is a verb, revue is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rêvez” is a verb and “revue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,461
“rêvez” frequency rank
#1,604
“revue” frequency rank
23065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rêvez revue
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver. Action de voir de nouveau.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rêvez and revue apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
rêvez
5 ch
revue

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rêvez is \ʁɛ.ve\ while revue is \ʁə.vy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23065, 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\. revue is at rank #1,604, tagged as anoun, 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 23065, this pair ranks #354,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rêvez vs revue

Shared letters: erv. Private to "rêvez": . Private to "revue": u.

"rêvez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "revue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revueervue · reuve · reveu · revvue · rrevue · rveue

Frequency comparison

rêvez#21,461
revue#1,604

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rêvez" and "revue" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rêvez" is a verb and "revue" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rêvez" or "revue"?
"revue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,604 in our French list, against #21,461 for "rêvez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering rêvez vs revue

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “rêvez”; for a noun, it's “revue”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “rêvez” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list