Which to use
“revoit” is a verb and “révolu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,234
- “revoit” frequency rank
- #27,228
- “révolu” frequency rank
- 42462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revoit | révolu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revoir. | Cours des planètes et des astres, lorsque, par leur mouvement périodique, ils sont revenus au même point. |
Where the eye mixes revoit and révolu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. revoit (CVCVVC) and révolu (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between revoit and révolu
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revoit is \ʁə.vwa\ while révolu is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revoit is recorded at frequency rank #15,234, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa\. révolu is at rank #27,228, 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 42462, this pair ranks #225,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revoit vs révolu
Shared letters: orv. Private to "revoit": eit. Private to "révolu": lué.
"revoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "révolu" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoit ← ervoit · reovit · reviot · revoitt · revoti · revvoit · rrevoit · rveoit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revoit" and "révolu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "revoit" vs "révolu" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "revoit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révolu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #225,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revoit" and "révolu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révolu 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 #225,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.