révéléevsrévolteConfusable pair

Quick tell: révélée is a adjective, révolte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“révélée” is an adjective and “révolte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,473
“révélée” frequency rank
#5,289
“révolte” frequency rank
17762
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révélée révolte
Definition Féminin singulier de révélé. Rébellion, soulèvement contre l’autorité établie, tentative de révolution, ou bien simple changement d’allégeance.

Where the eye mixes révélée and révolte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. révélée (CVCVCVV) and révolte (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
révélée
7 ch
révolte

Look-alike desk: révélée vs révolte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: révélée is \ʁe.ve.le\ while révolte is \ʁe.vɔlt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révélée is recorded at frequency rank #12,473, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.le\. révolte is at rank #5,289, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vɔlt\.

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 17762, this pair ranks #381,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of révélée vs révolte

Shared letters: elrvé. Private to "révélée": -. Private to "révolte": ot.

"révélée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "révolte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "révélée" and "révolte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "révélée" is an adjective and "révolte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "révélée" or "révolte"?
"révolte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,289 in our French list, against #12,473 for "révélée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "révélée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révolte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #381,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révélée" and "révolte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révélée vs revêtue". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #381,595 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