# revival vs revived

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### revival
*noun · IPA /ɹɪˈvaɪvəl/ · frequency rank #7,968*
The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

### revived
*verb · IPA /rəˈvaɪvd/ · frequency rank #12,315*
simple past and past participle of revive

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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