relevéesvsrévéléesWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
relevées
8 ch
révélées

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.lə.ve\ versus \ʁe.ve.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "relevées" or "révélées"?
"relevées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,396 in our French list, against #23,019 for "révélées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list