révoltéevsrévoltésWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#40,986
“révoltée” frequency rank
#24,763
“révoltés” frequency rank
65749
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révoltée révoltés
Definition Femme révoltée. Masculin pluriel de révolté.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set révoltée and révoltés apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
révoltée
8 ch
révoltés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: révoltée and révoltés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.vɔl.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “révoltée” becomes s in “révoltés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révoltée is recorded at frequency rank #40,986, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vɔl.te\. révoltés is at rank #24,763, tagged as anadj, 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 65749, this pair ranks #70,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of révoltée vs révoltés

Shared letters: lortvé. Private to "révoltée": e. Private to "révoltés": s.

"révoltée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "révoltés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequency comparison

révoltée#40,986
révoltés#24,763

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "révoltée" and "révoltés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "révoltée" is a noun and "révoltés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "révoltée" or "révoltés"?
"révoltés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,763 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.

Remembering révoltée vs révoltés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

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

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