révèle

\ʁe.vɛl\

/\ʁe.vɛl\/ verb

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The verdict

“révèle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,167
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de révéler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revele · révèle · French

révèle · rank #3,167 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,167
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH richesse

Nearest frequency peer: richesse (-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 « révèle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « révèle » 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).

révèle vs revue
50% similar
révèle vs rêver
33% similar
révèle vs revêt
33% similar

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

Key facts for révèle
PropertyValue
Headwordrévèle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.vɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,167
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « révèle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.révèlese 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 « richesse » (#3,166), « sachant » (#3,168), « rendent » (#3,165). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « révèle » est au #3,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around révèle (IPA \ʁe.vɛl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,167 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for révèle, with forms such as "revele", "rrévèle", and "rvéèle". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "revue", "rêver", "revêt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is révèle, spelled R-É-V-È-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de révéler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de révéler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de révéler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de révéler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de révéler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’expérience de la version de niveau élevé dans la pratique universitaire révèle une propension à surtraduire.
  2. Dans une première phase l'hypertension est latente, et ne se révèle que grâce à la sphygmomanométrie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • revele
  • rrévèle
  • rvéèle
  • révlèe
  • révvèle
  • révèel
  • révèlle
  • réèvle
  • érvèle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of révèle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

revele2rrévèle1rvéèle2révlèe2révvèle1révèel2révèlle1réèvle2
Edit distance from "révèle"

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 "révèle"?
"révèle" is spelled R-É-V-È-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɛl\.
What does "révèle" mean?
As a verb, "révèle" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de révéler.
What words are commonly confused with "révèle"?
"révèle" is commonly confused with "revue", "rêver", "revêt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "révèle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révèle" is \ʁe.vɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "révèle" come from?
"révèle" 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 "révèle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

poésie#3,160plante#3,158assuré#3,181ménage#3,153

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

graves9 variantsfidèle9 variantshonnête9 variantsMexique9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list