# relive vs revive

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### relive
*verb · IPA /ɹiːˈlɪv/ · frequency rank #21,335*
To experience (something) again; to live over again.

### revive
*verb · IPA /ɹɪˈvaɪv/ · frequency rank #11,596*
To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relive-vs-revive