Which to use
“releva” and “révéla” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,774
- “releva” frequency rank
- #28,341
- “révéla” frequency rank
- 59115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | releva | révéla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de relever. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de révéler. |
Where the eye mixes releva and révéla
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. releva and révéla follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: releva vs révéla
A purely visual mix-up. releva (\ʁə.lə.va\) 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 59115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
releva is recorded at frequency rank #30,774, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lə.va\. 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 59115, this pair ranks #104,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of releva vs révéla
Shared letters: alrv. Private to "releva": e. Private to "révéla": é.
"releva" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "révéla" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- releva ← erleva · reelva · releav · relevva · relleva · relvea · rleeva · rreleva
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "releva" 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 #104,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "releva" and "révéla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "releva vs relevez". 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 #104,992 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.