révéléesvsreversésWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#23,019
“révélées” frequency rank
#36,136
“reversés” frequency rank
59155
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révélées reversés
Definition Féminin pluriel de révélé. Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe reverser.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set révélées and reversés apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
révélées
8 ch
reversés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: révélées is \ʁe.ve.le\ while reversés is \ʁə.vɛʁ.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révélées is recorded at frequency rank #23,019, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.le\. reversés is at rank #36,136, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vɛʁ.se\.

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 59155, this pair ranks #104,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of révélées vs reversés

Shared letters: ersvé. Private to "révélées": l. Private to "reversés": -.

"révélées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "reversés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequency comparison

révélées#23,019
reversés#36,136

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "révélées" and "reversés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "révélées" is an adjective and "reversés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "révélées" or "reversés"?
"révélées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,019 in our French list, against #36,136 for "reversés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering révélées vs reversés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “révélées”; for a verb, it's “reversés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “révélées” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list