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

#15,024
“revois” frequency rank
#47,590
“révolus” frequency rank
62614
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revois révolus
Definition Relatif à Autigny-la-Tour, commune française située dans le département des Vosges. Masculin pluriel de révolu.

Where the eye mixes revois and révolus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. revois runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against révolus's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
revois
7 ch
révolus

Visual trap between revois and révolus

A purely visual mix-up. revois (\ʁə.vwa\) and révolus (\ʁe.vɔ.ly\) 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 62614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revois is recorded at frequency rank #15,024, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\. révolus is at rank #47,590, 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 62614, this pair ranks #86,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revois vs révolus

Shared letters: orsv. Private to "revois": ei. Private to "révolus": lué.

"revois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "révolus" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revois ← ervois · reovis · revios · revoiss · revosi · revvois · rrevois · rveois

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revois" and "révolus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.vwa\ versus \ʁe.vɔ.ly\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "revois" vs "révolus" - which ranks higher?
"revois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,024 in our French list, against #47,590 for "révolus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révolus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revois" and "révolus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtus vs révolus". 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 #86,206 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