révisésvsrevivezTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,430
“révisés” frequency rank
#36,137
“revivez” frequency rank
82567
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révisés revivez
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de réviser. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revivre.

Where the eye mixes révisés and revivez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. révisés and revivez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
révisés
7 ch
revivez

Why the eye confuses révisés with revivez

A purely visual mix-up. révisés (\ʁe.vi.ze\) and revivez (\ʁə.vi.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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révisés is recorded at frequency rank #46,430, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vi.ze\. revivez is at rank #36,137, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi.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 82567, this pair ranks #16,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of révisés vs revivez

Shared letters: irv. Private to "révisés": sé. Private to "revivez": ez.

"révisés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revivez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revivez ← ervivez · reivvez · revievz · revivezz · revivvez · revivze · revviez · revvivez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "révisés" for "revivez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.vi.ze\ versus \ʁə.vi.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "révisés" vs "revivez" - which ranks higher?
"revivez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,137 in our French list, against #46,430 for "révisés". 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 "révisés" and "revivez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "révisés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revivez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révisés" and "revivez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revis vs révisés". 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 #16,476 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