Which to use
“recoller” and “révolter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,511
- “recoller” frequency rank
- #31,244
- “révolter” frequency rank
- 60755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoller | révolter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coller de nouveau. | Soulever, porter à la révolte. |
Where the eye mixes recoller and révolter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recoller and révolter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses recoller with révolter
A purely visual mix-up. recoller (\ʁə.kɔ.le\) and révolter (\ʁe.vɔl.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recoller is recorded at frequency rank #29,511, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.le\. révolter is at rank #31,244, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɔl.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60755, this pair ranks #95,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recoller vs révolter
Shared letters: elor. Private to "recoller": c. Private to "révolter": tvé.
"recoller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "révolter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recoller ← ercoller · rceoller · reccoller · recloler · recolelr · recoler · recollerr · recollre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recoller" and "révolter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recoller" or "révolter" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "recoller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révolter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoller" and "révolter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoller vs recouper". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #95,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.