Which to use
“réveillé” and “réveillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,551
- “réveillé” frequency rank
- #28,733
- “réveillés” frequency rank
- 35284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réveillé | réveillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe réveiller. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de réveiller. |
Same sound, different letters: réveillé vs réveillés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. réveillé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against réveillés's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: réveillé vs réveillés
This is the hard kind. réveillé and réveillés are pronounced identically (\ʁe.vɛ.je\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “réveillé” sits inside “réveillés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réveillé is recorded at frequency rank #6,551, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɛ.je\. réveillés is at rank #28,733, 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 35284, this pair ranks #277,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of réveillé vs réveillés
Shared letters: eilrvé. Private to "réveillé": -. Private to "réveillés": s.
"réveillé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "réveillés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "réveillé" / "réveillés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "réveillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réveillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réveillé" and "réveillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réveilla vs réveillés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #277,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.