réveilléevsréveillésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réveillée is a noun, réveillés is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réveillée” is a noun and “réveillés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,130
“réveillée” frequency rank
#28,733
“réveillés” frequency rank
39863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réveillée réveillés
Definition Équipe de production affectée à un four, dans une verrerie. Participe passé masculin pluriel de réveiller.

Same sound, different letters: réveillée vs réveillés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. réveillée (CVCVVCCVV) and réveillés (CVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
réveillée
9 ch
réveillés

Homophone desk: réveillée vs réveillés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: réveillée and réveillés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.vɛ.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “réveillée” becomes s in “réveillés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réveillée is recorded at frequency rank #11,130, classified as anoun, 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 39863, this pair ranks #244,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réveillée vs réveillés

Shared letters: eilrvé. Private to "réveillée": -. Private to "réveillés": s.

"réveillée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV  ·  "réveillés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réveillée" and "réveillés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réveillée" is a noun and "réveillés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réveillée" vs "réveillés" - which ranks higher?
"réveillée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,130 in our French list, against #28,733 for "réveillés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réveillée" 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 #244,802 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réveillée" and "réveillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réveilla vs réveillés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #244,802 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