révolutionnaire

Name: révolutionnaire, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\

/\ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“révolutionnaire” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,710. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,710
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tend à renverser les principes établis ; qui est très novateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revolutionnaire · révolutionnaire · French

révolutionnaire · rank #4,710 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #4,710
LEN-MEGA 15 letters
VOW-8 8 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH républicains

Nearest frequency peer: républicains (-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.

rivières

95,294
réduite

95,293
républicains

95,292
révolutionn…

95,291
sexuel

95,289
SMS

95,288

What this shows Bars show where “révolutionnaire” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

révolutionnaire vs révolutionnaires

94% similar

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

Key facts for révolutionnaire
Property	Value
Headword	révolutionnaire
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#4,710
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “révolutionnaire” sits in French frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).révolutionnaire lands here:

#4,710

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around révolutionnaire (IPA \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,710 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for révolutionnaire, with forms such as "revolutionnaire", "rrévolutionnaire", and "rvéolutionnaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "révolutionnaires", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is révolutionnaire, spelled R-É-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

1
Qui tend à renverser les principes établis ; qui est très novateur.
2
Qui révolutionne
3
Qui a rapport aux révolutions politiques, qui est favorable à ces révolutions.
4
Relatif à la Révolution française.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

L'article de Burke, Carle et Olson en 1987 fit l'effet d'une bombe: cloner 500 kilobases et même une mégabase d'ADN humain dans la levure, c'était réellement un résultat révolutionnaire.
Le ski parabolique a été une innovation révolutionnaire. Avec sa taille de guêpe, Il a révolutionné la pratique du ski.

This word in other languages

revolutionary(English)revolucionario(Español)revolutionär(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

revolutionnaire
rrévolutionnaire
rvéolutionnaire
réovlutionnaire
révloutionnaire
révollutionnaire
révoltuionnaire
révoluitonnaire
révolutinonaire
révolutionaire
révolutionanire
révolutionnaier
révolutionnairre
révolutionnarie
révolutionniare
révolutoinnaire
révoluttionnaire
révoultionnaire
révvolutionnaire
érvolutionnaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "révolutionnaire"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "révolutionnaire"?

"révolutionnaire" is spelled R-É-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\.

What does "révolutionnaire" mean?

As an adjective, "révolutionnaire" means: Qui tend à renverser les principes établis ; qui est très novateur.

What words are commonly confused with "révolutionnaire"?

"révolutionnaire" is commonly confused with "révolutionnaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "révolutionnaire"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révolutionnaire" is \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "révolutionnaire" come from?

"révolutionnaire" 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 "révolutionnaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
Usage frequency rank #4,710 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.