Which to use
“relevées” and “révélées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,396
- “relevées” frequency rank
- #23,019
- “révélées” frequency rank
- 45415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relevées | révélées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de relevé. | Féminin pluriel de révélé. |
Where the eye mixes relevées and révélées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. relevées and révélées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses relevées with révélées
A purely visual mix-up. relevées (\ʁə.lə.ve\) and révélées (\ʁe.ve.le\) 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 45415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relevées is recorded at frequency rank #22,396, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.lə.ve\. révélées is at rank #23,019, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.le\.
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 45415, this pair ranks #202,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relevées vs révélées
Shared letters: elrsvé. Private to "relevées": -. Private to "révélées": -.
"relevées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "révélées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relevées" for "révélées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "relevées" or "révélées"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "relevées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,875 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relevées" and "révélées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relevées vs releveur". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #202,875 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.