réveillant

\ʁe.vɛ.jɑ̃\

/\ʁe.vɛ.jɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“réveillant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,721
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de réveiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reveillant · réveillant · French

réveillant · rank #31,721 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,721
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réutilisation

Nearest frequency peer: réutilisation (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « réveillant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « réveillant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

réveillant vs révélant
70% similar
réveillant vs réveillon
80% similar
réveillant vs réveillent
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for réveillant
PropertyValue
Headwordréveillant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.vɛ.jɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,721
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « réveillant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).réveillantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réutilisation » (#31,720), « révolue » (#31,722), « réussissant » (#31,719). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réveillant » est au #31,721. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around réveillant (IPA \ʁe.vɛ.jɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,721 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de réveiller.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for réveillant, with forms such as "reveillant", "rréveillant", and "rvéeillant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "révélant", "réveillon", "réveillent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is réveillant, spelled R-É-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de réveiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je trouvais ce matin en me réveillant et en pensant que nous n’étions plus brouillés que c’était comme si on m’avait rendu l’usage d’un bras ou d’une jambe. Je tâcherai de ne me plus écloper ni manchoter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • reveillant
  • rréveillant
  • rvéeillant
  • réevillant
  • réveilalnt
  • réveilant
  • réveillannt
  • réveillantt
  • réveillatn
  • réveillnat
  • révelilant
  • réviellant
  • révveillant
  • érveillant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of réveillant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

reveillant1rréveillant1rvéeillant2réevillant2réveilalnt2réveilant1réveillannt1réveillantt1
Edit distance from "réveillant"

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 "réveillant"?
"réveillant" is spelled R-É-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɛ.jɑ̃\.
What does "réveillant" mean?
As a verb, "réveillant" means: Participe présent de réveiller.
What words are commonly confused with "réveillant"?
"réveillant" is commonly confused with "révélant", "réveillon", "réveillent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réveillant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réveillant" is \ʁe.vɛ.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réveillant" come from?
"réveillant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sabbatique#31,725résurgence#31,715soupçonnée#31,746spontanées#31,749

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

réussissant14 variantsreconduite14 variantspétillante14 variantspropulser14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list