revengeful
/ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒfʊl/
"revengeful" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revengeful” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vengeful, vindictive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-revengeful · revengeful · English
revengeful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revengeful |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒfʊl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “revengeful” in English
Rare enough to double-check
revengeful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒfʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vengeful, vindictive.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for revengeful, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From revenge + -ful. The correct English form is revengeful, spelled R-E-V-E-N-G-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1Vengeful, vindictive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how revengeful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the baser mind it selfe displayes / In cancred malice and revengefull spight […].
Etymology
From revenge + -ful.
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.