revoievsrevoirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#46,415
“revoie” frequency rank
#1,675
“revoir” frequency rank
48090
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revoie revoir
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir. Voir de nouveau.

Where the eye mixes revoie and revoir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revoie (CVCVVV) and revoir (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
revoie
6 ch
revoir

Look-alike desk: revoie vs revoir

A purely visual mix-up. revoie (\ʁə.vwa\) 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 a single letter - e in “revoie” becomes r in “revoir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revoie is recorded at frequency rank #46,415, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\. 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 48090, this pair ranks #181,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revoie vs revoir

Shared letters: eiorv. Private to "revoie": -. Private to "revoir": -.

"revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "revoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie
  • revoir ← ervoir · reovir · revior · revoirr · revori · revvoir · rrevoir · rveoir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revoie" and "revoir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.vwa\ versus \ʁə.vwaʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "revoie" or "revoir"?
"revoir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,675 in our French list, against #46,415 for "revoie". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "revoie" and "revoir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revoie" 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 #181,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revoie" and "revoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejoué vs revoie". 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 #181,727 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