Which to use
“révélant” and “revoyant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,555
- “révélant” frequency rank
- #49,913
- “revoyant” frequency rank
- 67468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révélant | revoyant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de révéler. | Participe présent de revoir. |
Where the eye mixes révélant and revoyant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. révélant (CVCVCVCC) and revoyant (CVCVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: révélant vs revoyant
A purely visual mix-up. révélant (\ʁe.ve.lɑ̃\) and revoyant (\ʁə.vwa.jɑ̃\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
révélant is recorded at frequency rank #17,555, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve.lɑ̃\. revoyant is at rank #49,913, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vwa.jɑ̃\.
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 67468, this pair ranks #63,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of révélant vs revoyant
Shared letters: anrtv. Private to "révélant": lé. Private to "revoyant": eoy.
"révélant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "revoyant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revoyant ← ervoyant · reovyant · revoaynt · revoyannt · revoyantt · revoyatn · revoynat · revoyyant
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "révélant" for "revoyant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "révélant" vs "revoyant" - 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 "révélant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revoyant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révélant" and "revoyant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renvoyait vs revoyant". 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 #63,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.