réveilléevsrévéléeTell them apart

Quick tell: réveillée is a noun, révélée is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,130
“réveillée” frequency rank
#12,473
“révélée” frequency rank
23603
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réveillée révélée
Definition Équipe de production affectée à un four, dans une verrerie. Féminin singulier de révélé.

Where the eye mixes réveillée and révélée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. réveillée runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVV) against révélée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
réveillée
7 ch
révélée

Visual trap between réveillée and révélée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réveillée is \ʁe.vɛ.je\ while révélée is \ʁe.ve.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23603, 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\. 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 23603, this pair ranks #351,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réveillée vs révélée

Shared letters: elrvé. Private to "réveillée": i. Private to "révélée": -.

"réveillée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV  ·  "révélée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réveillée" and "révélée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réveillée" is a noun and "révélée" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réveillée" vs "révélée" - which ranks higher?
"réveillée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,130 in our French list, against #12,473 for "révélée". 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 "réveillée" 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 #351,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réveillée" and "révélée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révélée vs revêtue". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #351,501 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