Which to use
“révélation” and “révélations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,609
- “révélation” frequency rank
- #8,304
- “révélations” frequency rank
- 13913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révélation | révélations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de révéler. | Pluriel de révélation. |
Same sound, different letters: révélation vs révélations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. révélation runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against révélations's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - révélation / révélations
This is the hard kind. révélation and révélations are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “révélation” sits inside “révélations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
révélation is recorded at frequency rank #5,609, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\. révélations is at rank #8,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\.
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 13913, this pair ranks #398,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of révélation vs révélations
Shared letters: ailnortvé. Private to "révélation": -. Private to "révélations": s.
"révélation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "révélations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "révélation" and "révélations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "révélation" or "révélations"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "révélation" / "révélations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "révélation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révélation" and "révélations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régulations vs révélations". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #398,982 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.