# revere

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹə.viːɹ/ · frequency rank #25,909

## Definitions
1. To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
2. To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”).

## Easily confused with
- **river** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-river)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-rover)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-revue)
- **rivers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-rivers)
- **revive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-revive)
- **revise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-revise)
- **Rivera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-rivera)
- **revert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-revert)
- **revoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-revoke)
- **reverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-reverse)
- **revered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-revered)
- **reverie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-reverie)
- **reverend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-reverend)
- **reverted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-reverted)
- **refer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refer-vs-revere)
- **Reese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-revere)
- **Reece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reece-vs-revere)
- **revel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revere)
- **reeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeve-vs-revere)
- **Renée** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renee-vs-revere)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ervere`, `reevre`, `reveer`, `reverre`, `revree`, `revvere`, `rrevere`, `rveere`

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