revuevsrevuesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: revue is a noun, revues is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“revue” is a noun and “revues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,604
“revue” frequency rank
#7,621
“revues” frequency rank
9225
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revue revues
Definition Action de voir de nouveau. Féminin pluriel de revu.

Same sound, different letters: revue vs revues

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

5 ch
revue
6 ch
revues

Same sound, different spelling - revue / revues

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: revue and revues carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.vy\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “revue” sits inside “revues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revue is recorded at frequency rank #1,604, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vy\. revues is at rank #7,621, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vy\.

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 9225, this pair ranks #417,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of revue vs revues

Shared letters: eruv. Private to "revue": -. Private to "revues": s.

"revue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "revues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revueervue · reuve · reveu · revvue · rrevue · rveue
  • revueservues · reuves · reveus · revuess · revuse · revvues · rrevues · rveues

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revue" for "revues" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revue" is a noun and "revues" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "revue" or "revues"?
"revue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,604 in our French list, against #7,621 for "revues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"revue" and "revues" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #417,393 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revue" and "revues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revues vs roques". 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 #417,393 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