reveal

\ɹɪˈvil\

/\ɹɪˈvil\/ noun

The verdict

“reveal” is uncommon French (frequency #75,163 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,163
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Révélateur (ce qui permet la révélation d'un phénomène ignoré).

Corpus desk

Index FR-reveal · reveal · French

reveal · rank #75,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,163
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retraitées

Nearest frequency peer: retraitées (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « reveal »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reveal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reveal
PropertyValue
Headwordreveal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɹɪˈvil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,163
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « reveal » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).revealtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « retraitées » (#75,162), « rivoire » (#75,164), « ressembleront » (#75,161). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reveal » est au #75,163. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reveal is uncommon French at frequency #75,163 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɹɪˈvil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Révélateur (ce qui permet la révélation d'un phénomène ignoré).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for reveal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is reveal, spelled R-E-V-E-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Révélateur (ce qui permet la révélation d'un phénomène ignoré).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how reveal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They decided to throw a special shower to disclose the big reveal about the gender of the baby.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reveal"?
"reveal" is spelled R-E-V-E-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɹɪˈvil\.
What does "reveal" mean?
As a noun, "reveal" means: Révélateur (ce qui permet la révélation d'un phénomène ignoré).
How do you pronounce "reveal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reveal" is \ɹɪˈvil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reveal" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reveal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list