révolue

\ʁe.vɔ.ly\

/\ʁe.vɔ.ly\/ adj

The verdict

“révolue” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,722
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de révolu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revolue · révolue · French

révolue · rank #31,722 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,722
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réveillant

Nearest frequency peer: réveillant (-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 « révolue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « révolue » 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).

révolue vs revue
57% similar
révolue vs révoqué
71% similar
révolue vs révolus
86% similar

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

Key facts for révolue
PropertyValue
Headwordrévolue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.vɔ.ly\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,722
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « révolue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).révoluese 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 « réveillant » (#31,721), « réécrit » (#31,723), « réutilisation » (#31,720). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « révolue » est au #31,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around révolue (IPA \ʁe.vɔ.ly\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,722 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de révolu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for révolue, with forms such as "revolue", "rrévolue", and "rvéolue". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "revue", "révoqué", "révolus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 révolue, spelled R-É-V-O-L-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de révolu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et quand j’ai posé les doigts sur les barres de métal un contact tiède et mou, plus proche du plastique que du fer, m’a étonné plus encore : j’ai tâté, forcé un peu, et réalisé que ce morceau que je touchais, là, juste à mon niveau, mais aussi en levant la tête toute la structure du pied, et à coup sûr la tour entière, était en réalité en clipo, oui en cl…
  2. C'est une époque révolue à jamais!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • revolue
  • rrévolue
  • rvéolue
  • réovlue
  • révloue
  • révoleu
  • révollue
  • révoule
  • révvolue
  • érvolue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

revolue1rrévolue1rvéolue2réovlue2révloue2révoleu2révollue1révoule2
Edit distance from "révolue"

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 "révolue"?
"révolue" is spelled R-É-V-O-L-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\.
What does "révolue" mean?
As an adjective, "révolue" means: Féminin singulier de révolu.
What words are commonly confused with "révolue"?
"révolue" is commonly confused with "revue", "révoqué", "révolus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "révolue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révolue" 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 "révolue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list