Which to use
“revit” and “revoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,224
- “revit” frequency rank
- #1,675
- “revoir” frequency rank
- 32899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revit | revoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revivre. | Voir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes revit and revoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. revit runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against revoir's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between revit and revoir
A purely visual mix-up. revit (\ʁə.vi\) and revoir (\ʁə.vwaʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revit is recorded at frequency rank #31,224, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vi\. revoir is at rank #1,675, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwaʁ\.
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 32899, this pair ranks #294,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revit vs revoir
Shared letters: eirv. Private to "revit": t. Private to "revoir": o.
"revit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "revoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revit" and "revoir" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "revit" vs "revoir" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "revit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revit" and "revoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs revit". 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 #294,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.