October Revolution

name

"october-revolution" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“October Revolution” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The second of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.

Corpus desk

Index EN-october-revolution · October Revolution · English

October Revolution · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for October Revolution
PropertyValue
HeadwordOctober Revolution
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “October Revolution” in English

October Revolutionsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

October Revolution is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The second of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.".

October Revolution doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: So named as the revolution happened on 25 October 1917 (7 November 1917 N.S.) in Julian calendar that was used by Russia. The correct English form is October Revolution, spelled O-C-T-O-B-E-R- -R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The second of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.

Etymology

So named as the revolution happened on 25 October 1917 (7 November 1917 N.S.) in Julian calendar that was used by Russia.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "October Revolution"?
"October Revolution" is spelled O-C-T-O-B-E-R- -R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N.
What does "October Revolution" mean?
As a proper noun, "October Revolution" means: The second of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.
What is the origin of the word "October Revolution"?
So named as the revolution happened on 25 October 1917 (7 November 1917 N.S.) in Julian calendar that was used by Russia. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list