révisionvsrévisionsWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
révision
9 ch
révisions

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\), 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, "révision" or "révisions"?
"révision" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,397 in our French list, against #19,981 for "révisions". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list