revientvsrevitWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#1,209
“revient” frequency rank
#31,224
“revit” frequency rank
32433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revient revit
Definition Ce à quoi un objet fabriqué revient (voir les dérivés pour les seuls usages possibles). Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revivre.

Where the eye mixes revient and revit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
revient
5 ch
revit

Visual trap between revient and revit

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revient is \ʁə.vjɛ̃\ while revit is \ʁə.vi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revient is recorded at frequency rank #1,209, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛ̃\. 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 32433, this pair ranks #297,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revient vs revit

Shared letters: eirtv. Private to "revient": n. Private to "revit": -.

"revient" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "revit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revientervient · reivent · reveint · reviennt · revientt · revietn · revinet · revvient
  • revitervit · reivt · revitt · revti · revvit · rrevit · rveit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revient" and "revit" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revient" is a noun and "revit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "revient" or "revit"?
"revient" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,209 in our French list, against #31,224 for "revit". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "revient" and "revit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revient" 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 #297,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revient" 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 #297,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list