Which to use
“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.
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?
Frequency check: "revois" vs "révolus" - which ranks higher?
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.