revel
/ˈɹɛv.əl/
"revel" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revel” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #25,187 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,187
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
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 | revel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛv.əl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revel” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for revel is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɛv.əl/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,187 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for revel, with forms such as "ervel", "reevl", and "revell". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rove", "river", "rival", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel. The correct English form is revel, spelled R-E-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
- 2A kind of dance.
- 3A wake for the dead.
Etymology
From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ervel,reevl,revell,revle,revvel,rrevel,rveel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revel - 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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Using “revel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-V-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹɛv.əl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rove” - see the side-by-side comparison. revel vs rove
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.