Which to use
“reculent” and “révèlent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,556
- “reculent” frequency rank
- #8,921
- “révèlent” frequency rank
- 41477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculent | révèlent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reculer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de révéler. |
Where the eye mixes reculent and révèlent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reculent and révèlent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses reculent with révèlent
A purely visual mix-up. reculent (\ʁə.kyl\) and révèlent (\ʁe.vɛl\) 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 41477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculent is recorded at frequency rank #32,556, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kyl\. révèlent is at rank #8,921, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɛl\.
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 41477, this pair ranks #232,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reculent vs révèlent
Shared letters: elnrt. Private to "reculent": cu. Private to "révèlent": vèé.
"reculent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "révèlent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reculent ← erculent · rceulent · recculent · recluent · recuelnt · reculennt · reculentt · reculetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reculent" for "révèlent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reculent" or "révèlent"?
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 "reculent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révèlent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,787 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculent" and "révèlent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs reculent". 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 #232,787 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.