révélationvsrévélationsConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
révélation
11 ch
révélations

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.ve.la.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "révélation" or "révélations"?
"révélation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,609 in our French list, against #8,304 for "révélations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list