Which to use
“revelation” is a noun and “Revelations” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,604
- “revelation” frequency rank
- #13,798
- “Revelations” frequency rank
- 21402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revelation | Revelations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act of revealing or disclosing. | Misconstruction of Revelation (“final book of the New Testament”). |
Letter map: revelation vs Revelations
Shared letters muted; letters that set revelation and Revelations apart highlighted. Shared run: 10. revelation runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against Revelations's 11 (CVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for revelation / Revelations
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: revelation is anoun and Revelationsaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “revelation” sits inside “Revelations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revelation is recorded at frequency rank #7,604, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/. Revelations is at rank #13,798, tagged as aname.
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 21402, this pair ranks #424,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of revelation vs Revelations
Shared letters: aeilnortv. Private to "revelation": -. Private to "Revelations": s.
"revelation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "Revelations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revelation ← ervelation · reevlation · revealtion · revelaiton · revelasion · revelatino · revelationn · revelatoin
- Revelations ← ervelations · reevlations · revealtions · revelaitons · revelatinos · revelationns · revelationss · revelatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revelation" and "Revelations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "revelation" or "Revelations"?
After this comparison
You've compared "revelation" and "Revelations". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "revelation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Revelations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,183 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revelation" and "Revelations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revelation vs revocation". 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 #424,183 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.