Which to use
“révéla” and “revend” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,341
- “révéla” frequency rank
- #29,119
- “revend” frequency rank
- 57460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révéla | revend |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de révéler. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revendre. |
Where the eye mixes révéla and revend
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. révéla (CVCVCV) and revend (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: révéla vs revend
A purely visual mix-up. révéla (\ʁe.ve.la\) and revend (\ʁə.vɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
révéla is recorded at frequency rank #28,341, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la\. revend is at rank #29,119, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃\.
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 57460, this pair ranks #114,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of révéla vs revend
Shared letters: rv. Private to "révéla": alé. Private to "revend": den.
"révéla" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "revend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revend ← ervend · reevnd · revedn · revendd · revennd · revned · revvend · rrevend
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "révéla" for "revend" ever safe?
Frequency check: "révéla" vs "revend" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "révéla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révéla" and "revend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revend vs revendus". 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 #114,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.