réveillésvsrévéléesConfusable pair

Quick tell: réveillés is a verb, révélées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#28,733
“réveillés” frequency rank
#23,019
“révélées” frequency rank
51752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réveillés révélées
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de réveiller. Féminin pluriel de révélé.

Where the eye mixes réveillés and révélées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. réveillés runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVC) against révélées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
réveillés
8 ch
révélées

Visual trap between réveillés and révélées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réveillés is \ʁe.vɛ.je\ while révélées 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 51752, 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\. révélées is at rank #23,019, 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 51752, this pair ranks #152,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réveillés vs révélées

Shared letters: elrsvé. Private to "réveillés": i. Private to "révélées": -.

"réveillés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC  ·  "révélées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réveillés" and "révélées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réveillés" is a verb and "révélées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réveillés" vs "révélées" - which ranks higher?
"révélées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,019 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réveillés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révélées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réveillés" and "révélées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réveilla vs réveillés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #152,733 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