révisévsréviséeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“révisé” and “révisée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,472
“révisé” frequency rank
#27,612
“révisée” frequency rank
44084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révisé révisée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de réviser. Participe passé féminin singulier de réviser.

Same sound, different letters: révisé vs révisée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. révisé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against révisée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
révisé
7 ch
révisée

Ear matches; page differs - révisé and révisée

This is the hard kind. révisé and révisée are pronounced identically (\ʁe.vi.ze\) 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 extra letter(s) - “révisé” sits inside “révisée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révisé is recorded at frequency rank #16,472, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.ze\. révisée is at rank #27,612, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.ze\.

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 44084, this pair ranks #213,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of révisé vs révisée

Shared letters: irsvé. Private to "révisé": -. Private to "révisée": e.

"révisé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "révisée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "révisé" and "révisée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.vi.ze\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "révisé" or "révisée"?
"révisé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,472 in our French list, against #27,612 for "révisée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"révisé" and "révisée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "révisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #213,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révisé" and "révisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révisée vs revisitée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #213,177 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