révolutionnaire vs révolutionnaires

Which to use

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

#4,710
“révolutionnaire” frequency rank: #8,036
“révolutionnaires” frequency rank: 12746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	révolutionnaire	révolutionnaires
Definition	Qui tend à renverser les principes établis ; qui est très novateur.	Pluriel de révolutionnaire.

Same sound, different letters: révolutionnaire vs révolutionnaires

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 15 letters. révolutionnaire runs 15 letters (CVCVCVCVVCCVVCV) against révolutionnaires's 16 (CVCVCVCVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

15 ch

révolutionnaire

16 ch

révolutionnaires

Homophone desk: révolutionnaire vs révolutionnaires

This is the hard kind. révolutionnaire and révolutionnaires are pronounced identically (\ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “révolutionnaire” sits inside “révolutionnaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révolutionnaire is recorded at frequency rank #4,710, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\. révolutionnaires is at rank #8,036, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\.

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 12746, this pair ranks #403,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of révolutionnaire vs révolutionnaires

Shared letters: aeilnortuvé. Private to "révolutionnaire": -. Private to "révolutionnaires": s.

"révolutionnaire" · 15 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCCVVCV · "révolutionnaires" · 16 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCCVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "révolutionnaire" and "révolutionnaires" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.nɛʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "révolutionnaire" vs "révolutionnaires" - which ranks higher?

"révolutionnaire" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,710 in our French list, against #8,036 for "révolutionnaires". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "révolutionnaire" / "révolutionnaires". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "révolutionnaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "révolutionnaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #403,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #403,933 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.