Revisor

[ʁeˈviːzoːɐ̯]

/[ʁeˈviːzoːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Revisor” is uncommon German (frequency #90,811 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,811
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die stattgefundenes Wirtschafts- oder Verwaltungshandeln prüft, vor allem anhand der geführten Akten

Corpus desk

Index DE-revisor · Revisor · German

Revisor · rank #90,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,811
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reverenz

Nearest frequency peer: Reverenz (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Revisor“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Revisor“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Revisor
PropertyValue
HeadwordRevisor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁeˈviːzoːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Revisor“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Revisorfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Reverenz“ (#90,810), „Revolutionsführer“ (#90,812), „Retention“ (#90,809). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Revisor“ bei #90,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Revisor is uncommon German at frequency #90,811 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeˈviːzoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die stattgefundenes Wirtschafts- oder Verwaltungshandeln prüft, vor allem anhand der geführten Akten".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Revisor in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Revisor, spelled R-E-V-I-S-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die stattgefundenes Wirtschafts- oder Verwaltungshandeln prüft, vor allem anhand der geführten Akten

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Revisor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Morgen kommt der Revisor, da wird der Chef aber eine rechte Freude haben! Es fehlen doch noch etliche Zahlungsbelege für letztes Jahr.

Synonyms

PrüferWirtschaftsprüfer

This word in other languages

auditor(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Revisor"?
"Revisor" is spelled R-E-V-I-S-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeˈviːzoːɐ̯].
What does "Revisor" mean?
As a noun, "Revisor" means: Person, die stattgefundenes Wirtschafts- oder Verwaltungshandeln prüft, vor allem anhand der geführten Akten
How do you pronounce "Revisor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Revisor" is [ʁeˈviːzoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Revisor" come from?
"Revisor" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Revisor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rieneck#90,816Reifens#90,799Rollers#90,823Romanik#90,824

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list