Which to use
“reculés” and “revues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,432
- “reculés” frequency rank
- #7,621
- “revues” frequency rank
- 41053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculés | revues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de reculé. | Féminin pluriel de revu. |
Where the eye mixes reculés and revues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. reculés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against revues's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: reculés vs revues
A purely visual mix-up. reculés (\ʁə.ky.le\) and revues (\ʁə.vy\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculés is recorded at frequency rank #33,432, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ky.le\. revues is at rank #7,621, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vy\.
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 41053, this pair ranks #235,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reculés vs revues
Shared letters: ersu. Private to "reculés": clé. Private to "revues": v.
"reculés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revues ← ervues · reuves · reveus · revuess · revuse · revvues · rrevues · rveues
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reculés" and "revues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "reculés" vs "revues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reculés" and "revues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculés" and "revues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculés vs rénales". 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 #235,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.