Which to use
“réveillé” is a verb and “révélée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,551
- “réveillé” frequency rank
- #12,473
- “révélée” frequency rank
- 19024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réveillé | révélée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe réveiller. | Féminin singulier de révélé. |
Where the eye mixes réveillé and révélée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. réveillé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against révélée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: réveillé vs révélée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réveillé is \ʁe.vɛ.je\ while révélée is \ʁe.ve.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19024, 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\. révélée is at rank #12,473, 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 19024, this pair ranks #375,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of réveillé vs révélée
Shared letters: elrvé. Private to "réveillé": i. Private to "révélée": -.
"réveillé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "révélée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réveillé" and "révélée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "réveillé" or "révélée"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "réveillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réveillé" and "révélée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révélée vs revêtue". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #375,405 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.