reportvsrevoltConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#481
“report” frequency rank
#10,757
“revolt” frequency rank
11238
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature report revolt
Definition To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). To rebel, particularly against authority.

Where the eye mixes report and revolt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
report
6 ch
revolt

Look-alike desk: report vs revolt

A purely visual mix-up. report (/ɹɪˈpɔːt/) and revolt (/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/) 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 11238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

report is recorded at frequency rank #481, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈpɔːt/. revolt is at rank #10,757, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/.

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 11238, this pair ranks #488,150 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of report vs revolt

Shared letters: eort. Private to "report": p. Private to "revolt": lv.

"report" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "revolt" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reporterport · reoprt · reporrt · reportt · repotr · repport · reprot · rpeort
  • revoltervolt · reovlt · revlot · revollt · revoltt · revotl · revvolt · rrevolt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "report" for "revolt" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ɹɪˈpɔːt/ versus /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "report" or "revolt"?
"report" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #481 in our English list, against #10,757 for "revolt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "report" and "revolt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "report" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revolt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #488,150 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "report" and "revolt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resold vs revolt". 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 #488,150 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