Which to use
“revive” and “revoke” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,596
- “revive” frequency rank
- #20,760
- “revoke” frequency rank
- 32356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revive | revoke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness. | To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing. |
Where the eye mixes revive and revoke
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. revive and revoke follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between revive and revoke
A purely visual mix-up. revive (/ɹɪˈvaɪv/) 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 32356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revive is recorded at frequency rank #11,596, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈvaɪv/. 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 32356, this pair ranks #338,463 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revive vs revoke
Shared letters: erv. Private to "revive": i. Private to "revoke": ko.
"revive" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "revoke" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revive" and "revoke" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "revive" or "revoke"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "revive" and "revoke" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revive" 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 #338,463 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revive" and "revoke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Revis vs revive". 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 #338,463 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.