redonevsrevokeTell them apart

Which to use

“redone” and “revoke” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,666
“redone” frequency rank
#20,760
“revoke” frequency rank
55426
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redone revoke
Definition past participle of redo To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.

Where the eye mixes redone and revoke

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. redone and revoke follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
redone
6 ch
revoke

Visual trap between redone and revoke

A purely visual mix-up. redone (/ɹiːˈdʌn/) and revoke (/ɹɪˈvoʊk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redone is recorded at frequency rank #34,666, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹiːˈdʌn/. revoke is at rank #20,760, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈvoʊk/.

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 55426, this pair ranks #133,717 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of redone vs revoke

Shared letters: eor. Private to "redone": dn. Private to "revoke": kv.

"redone" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "revoke" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redone ← erdone · rdeone · reddone · rednoe · redoen · redonne · reodne · rredone
  • revoke ← ervoke · reovke · revkoe · revoek · revokke · revvoke · rrevoke · rveoke

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "redone" and "revoke" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɹiːˈdʌn/ versus /ɹɪˈvoʊk/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "redone" or "revoke"?
"revoke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,760 in our English list, against #34,666 for "redone". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "redone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revoke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #133,717 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redone" and "revoke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redone vs Rhone". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #133,717 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list