Which to use
“revoie” is a verb and “revois” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,415
- “revoie” frequency rank
- #15,024
- “revois” frequency rank
- 61439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revoie | revois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir. | Relatif à Autigny-la-Tour, commune française située dans le département des Vosges. |
Same sound, different letters: revoie vs revois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. revoie (CVCVVV) and revois (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - revoie / revois
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: revoie and revois carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.vwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “revoie” becomes s in “revois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61439, 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\. revois is at rank #15,024, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\.
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 61439, this pair ranks #92,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revoie vs revois
Shared letters: eiorv. Private to "revoie": -. Private to "revois": s.
"revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "revois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"revoie" and "revois" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "revoie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revoie" and "revois" 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 #92,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.