revoilàvsrevoitWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#26,853
“revoilà” frequency rank
#15,234
“revoit” frequency rank
42087
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revoilà revoit
Definition Voilà à nouveau. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revoir.

Where the eye mixes revoilà and revoit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revoilà runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against revoit's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
revoilà
6 ch
revoit

Visual trap between revoilà and revoit

A purely visual mix-up. revoilà (\ʁə.vwa.la\) and revoit (\ʁə.vwa\) 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 42087, 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\. revoit is at rank #15,234, tagged as averb, 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 42087, this pair ranks #228,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revoilà vs revoit

Shared letters: eiorv. Private to "revoilà": là. Private to "revoit": t.

"revoilà" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "revoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoit ← ervoit · reovit · reviot · revoitt · revoti · revvoit · rrevoit · rveoit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revoilà" for "revoit" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.vwa.la\ versus \ʁə.vwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "revoilà" or "revoit"?
"revoit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,234 in our French list, against #26,853 for "revoilà". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "revoilà" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revoit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revoilà" and "revoit" 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 #228,328 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