Which to use
“révoqué” and “révoquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,532
- “révoqué” frequency rank
- #32,582
- “révoquer” frequency rank
- 62114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | révoqué | révoquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de révoquer. | Destituer ; ôter à quelqu’un, pour des raisons de mécontentement, les fonctions, le pouvoir, l’emploi amovible qu’on lui avait donné. |
Same sound, different letters: révoqué vs révoquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. révoqué runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against révoquer's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: révoqué vs révoquer
This is the hard kind. révoqué and révoquer are pronounced identically (\ʁe.vɔ.ke\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
révoqué is recorded at frequency rank #29,532, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ke\. révoquer is at rank #32,582, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ke\.
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 62114, this pair ranks #88,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of révoqué vs révoquer
Shared letters: oqruvé. Private to "révoqué": -. Private to "révoquer": e.
"révoqué" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "révoquer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "révoqué" and "révoquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "révoqué" or "révoquer"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "révoqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révoquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "révoqué" and "révoquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rétorqué vs révoqué". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #88,755 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.