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“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.

8 ch
recoller
8 ch
révolter

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.kɔ.le\ versus \ʁe.vɔl.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "recoller" or "révolter" show up more?
"recoller" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,511 in our French list, against #31,244 for "révolter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list