reveille
/ɹɪˈvæ.li/
"reveille" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reveille” is uncommon English (frequency #70,210 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,210
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reveille · reveille · English
reveille · rank #70,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,210
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reticulated
Nearest frequency peer: reticulated (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “reveille”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- relaxant
relaxant
29,798 corpus weight
- renege
renege
29,796 corpus weight
- repairable
repairable
29,795 corpus weight
- reticulated
reticulated
29,792 corpus weight
- reveille
reveille
29,791 corpus weight
- Roemer
Roemer
29,785 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reveille” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reveille |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈvæ.li/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reveille” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reveille is uncommon English at frequency #70,210 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹɪˈvæ.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.".
reveille doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”). The correct English form is reveille, spelled R-E-V-E-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reveille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A bugler and his brisk reveille woke them most mornings.
Etymology
From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”).
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); 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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