révolues

\ʁe.vɔ.ly\

/\ʁe.vɔ.ly\/ adj

The verdict

“révolues” is uncommon French (frequency #97,397 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,397
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-revolues · révolues · French

révolues · rank #97,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,397
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rétroactives

Nearest frequency peer: rétroactives (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « révolues »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « révolues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for révolues
PropertyValue
Headwordrévolues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.vɔ.ly\
Letters8
Frequency rank#97,397
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « révolues » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.révoluestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « rétroactives » (#97,396), « Saar » (#97,398), « réticulé » (#97,395). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « révolues » est au #97,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

révolues is uncommon French at frequency #97,397 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.vɔ.ly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de révolu.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for révolues, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is révolues, spelled R-É-V-O-L-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de révolu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y a maintenant trois années révolues que je travaille à débillonner les terres de l’exploitation, situées dans la plaine, et c’est seulement dans l’automne dernier, que j’ai pu avoir quelques pièces assez aplanies pour pouvoir commencer à tracer les nouveaux billons que je veux y établir.

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 "révolues"?
"révolues" is spelled R-É-V-O-L-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\.
What does "révolues" mean?
As an adjective, "révolues" means: Féminin pluriel de révolu.
How do you pronounce "révolues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révolues" is \ʁe.vɔ.ly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list