Which to use
“revis” and “rivés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,122
- “revis” frequency rank
- #31,229
- “rivés” frequency rank
- 74351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revis | rivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe revivre. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de river. |
Where the eye mixes revis and rivés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. revis and rivés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between revis and rivés
A purely visual mix-up. revis (\ʁə.vi\) and rivés (\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 74351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revis is recorded at frequency rank #43,122, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi\. rivés is at rank #31,229, 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 74351, this pair ranks #37,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revis vs rivés
Shared letters: irsv. Private to "revis": e. Private to "rivés": é.
"revis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rivés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revis ← ervis · reivs · reviss · revsi · revvis · rrevis · rveis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revis" and "rivés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "revis" or "rivés"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "revis" and "rivés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rivés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revis" and "rivés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revis". 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 #37,431 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.