reculésvsrevuesWhich spelling fits?

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“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.

7 ch
reculés
6 ch
revues

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.ky.le\ versus \ʁə.vy\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reculés" vs "revues" - which ranks higher?
"revues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,621 in our French list, against #33,432 for "reculés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list