révolu

\ʁe.vɔ.ly\

/\ʁe.vɔ.ly\/ adj

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The verdict

“révolu” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,228
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cours des planètes et des astres, lorsque, par leur mouvement périodique, ils sont revenus au même point.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revolu · révolu · French

révolu · rank #27,228 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,228
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH résidu

Nearest frequency peer: résidu (-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 « révolu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « révolu » 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).

révolu vs revu
50% similar
révolu vs Rivoli
50% similar
révolu vs rêvons
50% similar

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

Key facts for révolu
PropertyValue
Headwordrévolu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.vɔ.ly\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,228
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « révolu »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.révoluse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « résidu » (#27,227), « sacrements » (#27,229), « réglementer » (#27,226). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « révolu » est au #27,228. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around révolu (IPA \ʁe.vɔ.ly\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,228 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for révolu, with forms such as "revolu", "rrévolu", and "rvéolu". 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, "revu", "Rivoli", "rêvons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented 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 révolu, spelled R-É-V-O-L-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cours des planètes et des astres, lorsque, par leur mouvement périodique, ils sont revenus au même point.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une période de temps qui est achevée, complète.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avant que le cours de Saturne soit révolu.
  2. Le temps où l’infanterie décidait des batailles était révolu. La guerre se transformait en une question de matériel, d’entraînement et de connaissances spéciales très compliquées.

This word in other languages

bygone(English)ciclo(Español)passado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • revolu
  • rrévolu
  • rvéolu
  • réovlu
  • révlou
  • révollu
  • révoul
  • révvolu
  • érvolu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

revolu1rrévolu1rvéolu2réovlu2révlou2révollu1révoul2révvolu1
Edit distance from "révolu"

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 "révolu"?
"révolu" is spelled R-É-V-O-L-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\.
What does "révolu" mean?
As an adjective, "révolu" means: Cours des planètes et des astres, lorsque, par leur mouvement périodique, ils sont revenus au même point.
What words are commonly confused with "révolu"?
"révolu" is commonly confused with "revu", "Rivoli", "rêvons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "révolu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révolu" is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "révolu" come from?
"révolu" 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 "révolu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

résidu#27,227Sotchi#27,238reflux#27,216reclus#27,213

Similar misspelling depth

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

soulier9 variantssunset9 variantsPluton9 variantsTruman9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list