Which to use
“revoilà” and “revoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,853
- “revoilà” frequency rank
- #1,675
- “revoir” frequency rank
- 28528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revoilà | revoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Voilà à nouveau. | Voir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes revoilà and revoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revoilà runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against revoir's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses revoilà with revoir
A purely visual mix-up. revoilà (\ʁə.vwa.la\) 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 28528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revoilà is recorded at frequency rank #26,853, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa.la\. 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 28528, this pair ranks #322,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revoilà vs revoir
Shared letters: eiorv. Private to "revoilà": là. Private to "revoir": -.
"revoilà" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "revoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoir ← ervoir · reovir · revior · revoirr · revori · revvoir · rrevoir · rveoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revoilà" and "revoir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "revoilà" or "revoir"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "revoilà" 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 #322,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revoilà" and "revoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revoie vs revoilà". 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 #322,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.