révélantvsrevoyantWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
révélant
8 ch
revoyant

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": . Private to "revoyant": eoy.

"révélant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "revoyant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revoyantervoyant · reovyant · revoaynt · revoyannt · revoyantt · revoyatn · revoynat · revoyyant

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "révélant" for "revoyant" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.ve.lɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.vwa.jɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "révélant" vs "revoyant" - which ranks higher?
"révélant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,555 in our French list, against #49,913 for "revoyant". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list