Which to use
“relégation” and “révélation” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,342
- “relégation” frequency rank
- #5,609
- “révélation” frequency rank
- 28951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relégation | révélation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait de reléguer. | Action de révéler. |
Where the eye mixes relégation and révélation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. relégation and révélation follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses relégation with révélation
A purely visual mix-up. relégation (\ʁə.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃\) and révélation (\ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\) 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 28951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relégation is recorded at frequency rank #23,342, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. révélation is at rank #5,609, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\.
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 28951, this pair ranks #319,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relégation vs révélation
Shared letters: ailnorté. Private to "relégation": eg. Private to "révélation": v.
"relégation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "révélation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relégation" for "révélation" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "relégation" or "révélation" show up more?
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 "relégation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relégation" and "révélation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relaxation vs relégation". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #319,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.