Which to use
“révélée” and “révolue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,473
- “révélée” frequency rank
- #31,722
- “révolue” frequency rank
- 44195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révélée | révolue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de révélé. | Féminin singulier de révolu. |
Where the eye mixes révélée and révolue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. révélée and révolue follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: révélée vs révolue
A purely visual mix-up. révélée (\ʁe.ve.le\) and révolue (\ʁe.vɔ.ly\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44195, 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\. révolue is at rank #31,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ly\.
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 44195, this pair ranks #212,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of révélée vs révolue
Shared letters: elrvé. Private to "révélée": -. Private to "révolue": ou.
"révélée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "révolue" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "révélée" and "révolue" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "révélée" or "révolue" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "révélée" and "révolue" 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 "révolue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révélée" and "révolue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtue vs révolue". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #212,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.