Which to use
“révision” and “révisions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,397
- “révision” frequency rank
- #19,981
- “révisions” frequency rank
- 25378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révision | révisions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de réviser. | Pluriel de révision. |
Same sound, different letters: révision vs révisions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. révision runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against révisions's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - révision / révisions
This is the hard kind. révision and révisions are pronounced identically (\ʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “révision” sits inside “révisions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
révision is recorded at frequency rank #5,397, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\. révisions is at rank #19,981, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\.
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 25378, this pair ranks #341,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of révision vs révisions
Shared letters: inorsvé. Private to "révision": -. Private to "révisions": -.
"révision" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "révisions" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "révision" and "révisions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "révision" or "révisions"?
After this comparison
"révision" and "révisions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "révision" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révisions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révision" and "révisions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réversion vs révision". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #341,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.