révéléevsrévoltéeConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,473
“révélée” frequency rank
#40,986
“révoltée” frequency rank
53459
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révélée révoltée
Definition Féminin singulier de révélé. Femme révoltée.

Where the eye mixes révélée and révoltée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. révélée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against révoltée's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
révélée
8 ch
révoltée

Visual trap between révélée and révoltée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: révélée is \ʁe.ve.le\ while révoltée is \ʁe.vɔl.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53459, 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\. révoltée is at rank #40,986, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vɔl.te\.

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 53459, this pair ranks #140,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of révélée vs révoltée

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

"révélée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "révoltée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "révélée" and "révoltée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "révélée" is an adjective and "révoltée" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "révélée" or "révoltée" show up more?
"révélée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,473 in our French list, against #40,986 for "révoltée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "révélée" and "révoltée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "révélée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révoltée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révélée" and "révoltée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récoltée vs révoltée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #140,589 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