Which to use
“reculées” is a noun and “révélées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,515
- “reculées” frequency rank
- #23,019
- “révélées” frequency rank
- 60534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculées | révélées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de reculée. | Féminin pluriel de révélé. |
Where the eye mixes reculées and révélées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reculées and révélées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: reculées vs révélées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reculées is \ʁə.ky.le\ while révélées is \ʁe.ve.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculées is recorded at frequency rank #37,515, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ky.le\. révélées is at rank #23,019, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.le\.
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 60534, this pair ranks #97,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reculées vs révélées
Shared letters: elrsé. Private to "reculées": cu. Private to "révélées": v.
"reculées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "révélées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reculées" and "révélées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reculées" or "révélées"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculées" and "révélées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculées vs régulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #97,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.