revealing
/ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/
"revealing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revealing” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,491
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Informative.
Corpus desk
Index EN-revealing · revealing · English
revealing · rank #7,491 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,491
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH resign
Nearest frequency peer: resign (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “revealing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- realizing
realizing
92,512 corpus weight
- resign
resign
92,511 corpus weight
- revealing
revealing
92,510 corpus weight
- Rico
Rico
92,509 corpus weight
- robbery
robbery
92,508 corpus weight
- rub
rub
92,507 corpus weight
What this shows “revealing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revealing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “revealing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around revealing (IPA /ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,491 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for revealing, with forms such as "ervealing", "reevaling", and "revaeling". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "reeling", "releasing", "repeating", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing. The correct English form is revealing, spelled R-E-V-E-A-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Informative.
- 2Allowing more than is usual to be seen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how revealing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lest anyone on the left think that Tucker [Carlson] and his friends are potential anti-capitalist allies, their specific objections to corporate capitalism are revealing. To them, the real issue is not labor exploitation, but rather the “corporate alliance with the progressive left.”
a revealing analysis
Etymology
From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ervealing
- reevaling
- revaeling
- reveailng
- revealign
- revealingg
- revealinng
- revealling
- revealnig
- revelaing
- revvealing
- rrevealing
- rveealing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revealing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).