Which to use
“rêvez” and “river” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,461
- “rêvez” frequency rank
- #10,780
- “river” frequency rank
- 32241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rêvez | river |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver. | Assembler des pièces de charpente ou des pièces métalliques plates et des tôles au moyen de rivets, riveter. |
Where the eye mixes rêvez and river
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rêvez and river follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rêvez with river
A purely visual mix-up. rêvez (\ʁɛ.ve\) and river (\ʁi.ve\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32241, 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\. river is at rank #10,780, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁi.ve\.
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 32241, this pair ranks #298,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rêvez vs river
Shared letters: erv. Private to "rêvez": zê. Private to "river": i.
"rêvez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "river" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- river ← irver · rievr · riverr · rivre · rivver · rriver · rvier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rêvez" for "river" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rêvez" or "river"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rêvez" and "river" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "river" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rêvez" and "river" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relevez vs rêvez". 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 #298,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.