Which to use
“reviennent” and “reviennes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,604
- “reviennent” frequency rank
- #43,121
- “reviennes” frequency rank
- 48725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reviennent | reviennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revenir. |
Same sound, different letters: reviennent vs reviennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. reviennent runs 10 letters (CVCVVCCVCC) against reviennes's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - reviennent and reviennes
This is the hard kind. reviennent and reviennes 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reviennent is recorded at frequency rank #5,604, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛn\. reviennes is at rank #43,121, 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 48725, this pair ranks #176,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reviennent vs reviennes
Shared letters: einrv. Private to "reviennent": t. Private to "reviennes": s.
"reviennent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC · "reviennes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reviennent ← erviennent · reivennent · reveinnent · revienennt · revienent · reviennennt · reviennentt · reviennetn
- reviennes ← erviennes · reivennes · reveinnes · revienens · revienes · revienness · reviennse · revinenes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reviennent" and "reviennes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "reviennent" or "reviennes"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "reviennent" / "reviennes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "reviennent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reviennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reviennent" and "reviennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retienne vs reviennes". 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 #176,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.