révélésvsrevêtusWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“révélés” and “revêtus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,562
“révélés” frequency rank
#47,576
“revêtus” frequency rank
68138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révélés revêtus
Definition Masculin pluriel de révélé. Masculin pluriel de revêtu.

Where the eye mixes révélés and revêtus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. révélés and revêtus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
révélés
7 ch
revêtus

Visual trap between révélés and revêtus

A purely visual mix-up. révélés (\ʁe.ve.le\) and revêtus (\ʁə.vɛ.ty\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révélés is recorded at frequency rank #20,562, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ve.le\. revêtus is at rank #47,576, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.vɛ.ty\.

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 68138, this pair ranks #60,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of révélés vs revêtus

Shared letters: rsv. Private to "révélés": lé. Private to "revêtus": etuê.

"révélés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revêtus" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "révélés" and "revêtus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.ve.le\ versus \ʁə.vɛ.ty\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "révélés" vs "revêtus" - which ranks higher?
"révélés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,562 in our French list, against #47,576 for "revêtus". 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 "révélés" and "revêtus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "révélés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revêtus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révélés" and "revêtus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revêtue vs revêtus". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #60,396 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