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.
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?
Frequency check: "revoir" vs "rêvons" - which ranks higher?
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.