révisionvsrevisitéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: révision is a noun, revisité is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“révision” is a noun and “revisité” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,397
“révision” frequency rank
#39,508
“revisité” frequency rank
44905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révision revisité
Definition Action de réviser. Participe passé masculin singulier de revisiter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set révision and revisité apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
révision
8 ch
revisité

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: révision is \ʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\ while revisité is \ʁə.vi.zi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44905, 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\. revisité is at rank #39,508, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi.zi.te\.

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 44905, this pair ranks #206,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of révision vs revisité

Shared letters: irsvé. Private to "révision": no. Private to "revisité": et.

"révision" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "revisité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Frequency comparison

révision#5,397
revisité#39,508

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "révision" and "revisité" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "révision" is a noun and "revisité" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "révision" or "revisité"?
"révision" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,397 in our French list, against #39,508 for "revisité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering révision vs revisité

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “révision”; for a verb, it's “revisité”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “révision” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list