# revel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛv.əl/ · frequency rank #25,187

## Definitions
1. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
2. A kind of dance.
3. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **rove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-rove)
- **river** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-river)
- **rival** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-rival)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-rover)
- **Reyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-reyes)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revue)
- **riven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-riven)
- **rivet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-rivet)
- **Revis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revis)
- **review** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-review)
- **revolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revolt)
- **revert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revert)
- **revere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revere)
- **reverb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-reverb)
- **rev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rev-vs-revel)
- **rel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rel-vs-revel)
- **ree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ree-vs-revel)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-revel)
- **reed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reed-vs-revel)
- **reef** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reef-vs-revel)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ervel`, `reevl`, `revell`, `revle`, `revvel`, `rrevel`, `rveel`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/revel