révolutionnévsrévolutionsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: révolutionné is a adjective, révolutions is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#34,739
“révolutionné” frequency rank
#14,791
“révolutions” frequency rank
49530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature révolutionné révolutions
Definition Qui a subi les conséquences d’une révolution, telle que la Révolution française. Pluriel de révolution.

Where the eye mixes révolutionné and révolutions

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. révolutionné runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCVVCCV) against révolutions's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
révolutionné
11 ch
révolutions

Look-alike desk: révolutionné vs révolutions

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: révolutionné is \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.ne\ while révolutions is \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

révolutionné is recorded at frequency rank #34,739, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ.ne\. révolutions is at rank #14,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\.

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 49530, this pair ranks #169,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of révolutionné vs révolutions

Shared letters: ilnortuvé. Private to "révolutionné": -. Private to "révolutions": s.

"révolutionné" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCCV  ·  "révolutions" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "révolutionné" and "révolutions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "révolutionné" is an adjective and "révolutions" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "révolutionné" vs "révolutions" - which ranks higher?
"révolutions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,791 in our French list, against #34,739 for "révolutionné". 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 "révolutionné" and "révolutions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "révolutionné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "révolutions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #169,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "révolutionné" and "révolutions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révolutionné vs révolutionner". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #169,880 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