révélation

\ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“révélation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,609
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de révéler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revelation · révélation · French

révélation · rank #5,609 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,609
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réunit

Nearest frequency peer: réunit (-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 « révélation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « révélation » 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).

révélation vs revolution
70% similar
révélation vs révocation
80% similar
révélation vs révélations
91% similar

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

Key facts for révélation
PropertyValue
Headwordrévélation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,609
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « révélation »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réunit » (#5,608), « sir » (#5,610), « réparation » (#5,607). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « révélation » est au #5,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around révélation (IPA \ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,609 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for révélation, with forms such as "revelation", "rrévélation", and "rvéélation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "revolution", "révocation", "révélations", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is révélation, spelled R-É-V-É-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de révéler.
  2. 2
    Certaines informations, orales ou écrites, qui expliquent des événements obscurs, ou font connaître des faits nouveaux.
  3. 3
    Fait inattendu que l’on apprend soudain, ou qui, une fois connu en explique un grand nombre d’autres.
  4. 4
    Manifestation soudaine des qualités, d'un talent qu’on ignorait, chez quelqu'un.
  5. 5
    Manifestation directe de la pensée et de la volonté divines.
  6. 6
    Enseignement direct ou inspiration par lesquels Dieu a fait connaître ses mystères, sa volonté, sa venue, etc.
  7. 7
    Cette révélation divine ou la religion révélée elle-même.
  8. 8
    Les choses révélées elles-mêmes.
  9. 9
    Communications supposées des païens avec leurs dieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les enzymes utilisées dans le conjugué sont principalement la HRP (horse radish peroxidase) pour une révélation chimioluminescente ou la PAL (phosphatase alcaline) pour une révélation colorimétrique.
  2. Et Pausole observait debout les révélations successives d'un corps teinté, ferme, vivace, tandis qu'elle ouvrait tour à tour la chemisette bossue, la jupe monastique, le difforme pantalon blanc.

Synonyms

désoccultation

This word in other languages

revelation(English)revelación(Español)Enthüllung(Deutsch)revelação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • revelation
  • rrévélation
  • rvéélation
  • révléation
  • révvélation
  • révéaltion
  • révélaiton
  • révélatino
  • révélationn
  • révélatoin
  • révélattion
  • révéllation
  • révéltaion
  • réévlation
  • érvélation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of révélation - 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.

revelation2rrévélation1rvéélation2révléation2révvélation1révéaltion2révélaiton2révélatino2
Edit distance from "révélation"

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 "révélation"?
"révélation" is spelled R-É-V-É-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "révélation" mean?
As a noun, "révélation" means: Action de révéler.
What words are commonly confused with "révélation"?
"révélation" is commonly confused with "revolution", "révocation", "révélations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "révélation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révélation" is \ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "révélation" come from?
"révélation" 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 "révélation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

réparation#5,607reviennent#5,604rechercher#5,601dépendance#5,654

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

actionnaires15 variantsfavorables15 variantscontrôles15 variantsnucléaires15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list