Which to use
“réveilla” and “réveillé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,712
- “réveilla” frequency rank
- #6,551
- “réveillé” frequency rank
- 51263
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réveilla | réveillé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de réveiller. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe réveiller. |
Where the eye mixes réveilla and réveillé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. réveilla and réveillé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses réveilla with réveillé
A purely visual mix-up. réveilla (\ʁe.vɛ.ja\) and réveillé (\ʁe.vɛ.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “réveilla” becomes é in “réveillé”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réveilla is recorded at frequency rank #44,712, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɛ.ja\. réveillé is at rank #6,551, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɛ.je\.
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 51263, this pair ranks #156,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of réveilla vs réveillé
Shared letters: eilrvé. Private to "réveilla": a. Private to "réveillé": -.
"réveilla" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "réveillé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réveilla" and "réveillé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "réveilla" or "réveillé" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "réveilla" and "réveillé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "réveilla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réveillé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réveilla" and "réveillé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réveilla vs réveillait". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,361 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.