Which to use
“réveillés” and “réveillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,733
- “réveillés” frequency rank
- #18,055
- “réveillez” frequency rank
- 46788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réveillés | réveillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de réveiller. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de réveiller. |
Same sound, different letters: réveillés vs réveillez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. réveillés and réveillez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - réveillés and réveillez
This is the hard kind. réveillés and réveillez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réveillés is recorded at frequency rank #28,733, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɛ.je\. réveillez is at rank #18,055, 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 46788, this pair ranks #192,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of réveillés vs réveillez
Shared letters: eilrvé. Private to "réveillés": s. Private to "réveillez": z.
"réveillés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "réveillez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réveillés" and "réveillez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "réveillés" or "réveillez"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "réveillés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réveillez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réveillés" and "réveillez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réveilla vs réveillés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #192,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.