révèlevsrévéléesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: révèle is a verb, révélées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“révèle” is a verb and “révélées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,167
“révèle” frequency rank
#23,019
“révélées” frequency rank
26186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révèle révélées
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de révéler. Féminin pluriel de révélé.

Where the eye mixes révèle and révélées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
révèle
8 ch
révélées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: révèle is \ʁe.vɛl\ while révélées is \ʁe.ve.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révèle is recorded at frequency rank #3,167, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɛl\. révélées is at rank #23,019, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.le\.

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 26186, this pair ranks #336,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of révèle vs révélées

Shared letters: elrvé. Private to "révèle": è. Private to "révélées": s.

"révèle" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "révélées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "révèle" and "révélées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "révèle" is a verb and "révélées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "révèle" or "révélées"?
"révèle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,167 in our French list, against #23,019 for "révélées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list