Which to use
“revoie” is a verb and “révolu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,415
- “revoie” frequency rank
- #27,228
- “révolu” frequency rank
- 73643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revoie | révolu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de revoir. | Cours des planètes et des astres, lorsque, par leur mouvement périodique, ils sont revenus au même point. |
Where the eye mixes revoie and révolu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. revoie (CVCVVV) and révolu (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between revoie and révolu
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revoie is \ʁə.vwa\ while révolu is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73643, 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\. révolu is at rank #27,228, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ly\.
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 73643, this pair ranks #39,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revoie vs révolu
Shared letters: orv. Private to "revoie": ei. Private to "révolu": lué.
"revoie" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "révolu" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoie ← ervoie · reovie · revioe · revoei · revvoie · rrevoie · rveoie
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revoie" and "révolu" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "revoie" or "révolu" show up more?
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 "révolu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revoie" and "révolu" 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 #39,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.