Which to use
“révélateur” and “révélateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,250
- “révélateur” frequency rank
- #41,520
- “révélateurs” frequency rank
- 56770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révélateur | révélateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui révèle quelque chose. | Masculin pluriel de révélateur. |
Same sound, different letters: révélateur vs révélateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. révélateur runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against révélateurs's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: révélateur vs révélateurs
This is the hard kind. révélateur and révélateurs are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ve.la.tœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “révélateur” sits inside “révélateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
révélateur is recorded at frequency rank #15,250, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la.tœʁ\. révélateurs is at rank #41,520, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la.tœʁ\.
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 56770, this pair ranks #119,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of révélateur vs révélateurs
Shared letters: aelrtuvé. Private to "révélateur": -. Private to "révélateurs": s.
"révélateur" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "révélateurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "révélateur" and "révélateurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "révélateur" or "révélateurs"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "révélateur" / "révélateurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "révélateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révélateur" and "révélateurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulateurs vs révélateurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #119,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.