Which to use
“relevait” and “révélait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,388
- “relevait” frequency rank
- #25,804
- “révélait” frequency rank
- 45192
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relevait | révélait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de relever. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de révéler. |
Where the eye mixes relevait and révélait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. relevait and révélait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: relevait vs révélait
A purely visual mix-up. relevait (\ʁə.lə.vɛ\) and révélait (\ʁe.ve.lɛ\) 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 45192, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relevait is recorded at frequency rank #19,388, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lə.vɛ\. révélait is at rank #25,804, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve.lɛ\.
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 45192, this pair ranks #204,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relevait vs révélait
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "relevait": e. Private to "révélait": é.
"relevait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "révélait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relevait ← erlevait · reelvait · releavit · relevaitt · relevati · releviat · relevvait · rellevait
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "relevait" and "révélait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "relevait" or "révélait"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "relevait" and "révélait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "relevait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relevait" and "révélait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejetait vs révélait". 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 #204,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.