revenue
/ˈɹɛvənjuː/
"revenue" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revenue” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,312 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,312
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The income returned by an investment.
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 | revenue |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛvənjuː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revenue” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for revenue is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɛvənjuː/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,312 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for revenue, with forms such as "ervenue", "reevnue", and "reveneu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "revue", "revere", "reverse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire … The correct English form is revenue, spelled R-E-V-E-N-U-E.
Definition
- 1The income returned by an investment.
- 2The total income received from a given source.
- 3All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
- 4The total sales; turnover.
- 5The net income from normal business operations; net sales.
- 6A return; something paid back.
Etymology
Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ervenue,reevnue,reveneu,revennue,reveune,revneue,revvenue,rrevenue,rveenue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revenue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “revenue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-V-E-N-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹɛvənjuː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “revue” - see the side-by-side comparison. revenue vs revue
- 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.