Which to use
“refera” and “révéla” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,460
- “refera” frequency rank
- #28,341
- “révéla” frequency rank
- 68801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refera | révéla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de refaire. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de révéler. |
Where the eye mixes refera and révéla
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. refera and révéla follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses refera with révéla
A purely visual mix-up. refera (\ʁə.fə.ʁa\) and révéla (\ʁe.ve.la\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refera is recorded at frequency rank #40,460, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fə.ʁa\. révéla is at rank #28,341, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la\.
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 68801, this pair ranks #57,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of refera vs révéla
Shared letters: ar. Private to "refera": ef. Private to "révéla": lvé.
"refera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "révéla" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- refera ← erfera · reefra · refear · referra · reffera · refrea · rfeera · rrefera
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "refera" and "révéla" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "refera" or "révéla"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "refera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révéla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refera" and "révéla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refera vs referai". 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 #57,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.