révisévsrevoieConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#16,472
“révisé” frequency rank
#46,415
“revoie” frequency rank
62887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révisé revoie
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de réviser. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir.

Where the eye mixes révisé and revoie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. révisé (CVCVCV) and revoie (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
révisé
6 ch
revoie

Look-alike desk: révisé vs revoie

A purely visual mix-up. révisé (\ʁe.vi.ze\) and revoie (\ʁə.vwa\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62887, 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\. revoie is at rank #46,415, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\.

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 62887, this pair ranks #84,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of révisé vs revoie

Shared letters: irv. Private to "révisé": sé. Private to "revoie": eo.

"révisé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "révisé" and "revoie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.vi.ze\ versus \ʁə.vwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "révisé" vs "revoie" - which ranks higher?
"révisé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,472 in our French list, against #46,415 for "revoie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "révisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revoie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révisé" and "revoie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs revoie". 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 #84,742 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