Which to use
“revienne” and “reviennent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,228
- “revienne” frequency rank
- #5,604
- “reviennent” frequency rank
- 15832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revienne | reviennent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. |
Same sound, different letters: revienne vs reviennent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: revienne vs reviennent
This is the hard kind. revienne and reviennent are pronounced identically (\ʁə.vjɛn\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “revienne” sits inside “reviennent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revienne is recorded at frequency rank #10,228, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛn\. reviennent is at rank #5,604, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛn\.
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 15832, this pair ranks #390,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of revienne vs reviennent
Shared letters: einrv. Private to "revienne": -. Private to "reviennent": t.
"revienne" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "reviennent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revienne ← ervienne · reivenne · reveinne · reviene · revienen · revinene · revvienne · rrevienne
- reviennent ← erviennent · reivennent · reveinnent · revienennt · revienent · reviennennt · reviennentt · reviennetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revienne" and "reviennent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "revienne" or "reviennent"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "revienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reviennent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,646 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revienne" and "reviennent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendent vs reviennent". 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 #390,646 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.