réviséevsrevivreWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#27,612
“révisée” frequency rank
#8,770
“revivre” frequency rank
36382
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révisée revivre
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de réviser. Ressusciter, revenir à la vie.

Where the eye mixes révisée and revivre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. révisée (CVCVCVV) and revivre (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
révisée
7 ch
revivre

Look-alike desk: révisée vs revivre

A purely visual mix-up. révisée (\ʁe.vi.ze\) and revivre (\ʁə.vivʁ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révisée is recorded at frequency rank #27,612, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.ze\. revivre is at rank #8,770, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vivʁ\.

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 36382, this pair ranks #270,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of révisée vs revivre

Shared letters: eirv. Private to "révisée": sé. Private to "revivre": -.

"révisée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "revivre" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revivre ← ervivre · reivvre · revirve · reviver · revivrre · revivvre · revvire · revvivre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "révisée" and "revivre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.vi.ze\ versus \ʁə.vivʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "révisée" or "revivre"?
"revivre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,770 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "révisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revivre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #270,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révisée" and "revivre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révisée vs revisitée". 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 #270,006 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