revoirvsrêvonsTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,675
“revoir” frequency rank
#44,715
“rêvons” frequency rank
46390
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revoir rêvons
Definition Voir de nouveau. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver.

Where the eye mixes revoir and rêvons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. revoir (CVCVVC) and rêvons (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
revoir
6 ch
rêvons

Look-alike desk: revoir vs rêvons

A purely visual mix-up. revoir (\ʁə.vwaʁ\) and rêvons (\ʁɛ.vɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revoir is recorded at frequency rank #1,675, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwaʁ\. rêvons is at rank #44,715, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.vɔ̃\.

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 46390, this pair ranks #195,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revoir vs rêvons

Shared letters: orv. Private to "revoir": ei. Private to "rêvons": nsê.

"revoir" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "rêvons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoir ← ervoir · reovir · revior · revoirr · revori · revvoir · rrevoir · rveoir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revoir" and "rêvons" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.vwaʁ\ versus \ʁɛ.vɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "revoir" vs "rêvons" - which ranks higher?
"revoir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,675 in our French list, against #44,715 for "rêvons". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "revoir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rêvons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #195,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revoir" and "rêvons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révolus vs rêvons". 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 #195,342 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