révéléevsrévolueConfusable pair

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.

7 ch
révélée
7 ch
révolue

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.ve.le\ versus \ʁe.vɔ.ly\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "révélée" or "révolue" show up more?
"révélée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,473 in our French list, against #31,722 for "révolue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list