Which to use
“révélait” and “revenais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,804
- “révélait” frequency rank
- #30,779
- “revenais” frequency rank
- 56583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révélait | revenais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de révéler. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe revenir. |
Where the eye mixes révélait and revenais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. révélait and revenais follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: révélait vs revenais
A purely visual mix-up. révélait (\ʁe.ve.lɛ\) and revenais (\ʁəv.nɛ\) 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 56583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
révélait is recorded at frequency rank #25,804, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve.lɛ\. revenais is at rank #30,779, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁəv.nɛ\.
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 56583, this pair ranks #120,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of révélait vs revenais
Shared letters: airv. Private to "révélait": lté. Private to "revenais": ens.
"révélait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "revenais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revenais ← ervenais · reevnais · reveanis · revenaiss · revenasi · revenias · revennais · revneais
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "révélait" and "revenais" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "révélait" vs "revenais" - which ranks higher?
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 "révélait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révélait" and "revenais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenais 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 #120,190 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.