revoievsrévolteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,415
“revoie” frequency rank
#5,289
“révolte” frequency rank
51704
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revoie révolte
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir. Rébellion, soulèvement contre l’autorité établie, tentative de révolution, ou bien simple changement d’allégeance.

Where the eye mixes revoie and révolte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. revoie runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against révolte's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
revoie
7 ch
révolte

Visual trap between revoie and révolte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revoie is \ʁə.vwa\ while révolte is \ʁe.vɔlt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51704, 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\. révolte is at rank #5,289, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vɔlt\.

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 51704, this pair ranks #153,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revoie vs révolte

Shared letters: eorv. Private to "revoie": i. Private to "révolte": lté.

"revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "révolte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revoie" and "révolte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revoie" is a verb and "révolte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "revoie" vs "révolte" - which ranks higher?
"révolte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,289 in our French list, against #46,415 for "revoie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revoie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révolte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revoie" and "révolte" 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 #153,053 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