Which to use
“revel” is a noun and “révéla” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,693
- “revel” frequency rank
- #28,341
- “révéla” frequency rank
- 64034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revel | révéla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Révolte, rébellion. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de révéler. |
Letter map: revel vs révéla
Shared letters muted; letters that set revel and révéla apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. revel runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against révéla's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - revel and révéla
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: revel is anoun and révélaaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revel is recorded at frequency rank #35,693, classified as anoun. révéla is at rank #28,341, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la\.
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 64034, this pair ranks #79,011 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revel vs révéla
Shared letters: lrv. Private to "revel": e. Private to "révéla": aé.
"revel" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "révéla" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- revel ← ervel · reevl · revell · revle · revvel · rrevel · rveel
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revel" and "révéla" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "revel" vs "révéla" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "revel" and "révéla".
- Full dictionary entry for "revel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révéla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,011 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revel" and "révéla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénal vs revel". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #79,011 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.