reversion
/ɹɪˈvɚʒən/noun
reversion is spelled R-E-V-E-R-S-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, reversion means “The act or process of reverting something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of reversion is reversions.
How many letters and syllables are in reversion?
| Letters | 9: R-E-V-E-R-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is reversion?
Reversion appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce reversion?
- /ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩/
- /ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩/
- US /ɹɪˈvɚʒən/
Reversion has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reversion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reversion?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as reversion from its last stressed vowel (/əɹʒən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of reversion
- reversions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reversion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of reverting something.
Near-synonym: reversal
- 2
The act or process of reverting a database to a prior state.
Near-synonym: rollback (sometimes synonymous)
- 3
The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
- 4
The fact of being turned the reverse way.
- 5
The action of turning something the reverse way.
- 6
The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
- 7
An estate which has been returned in this manner.
- 8
The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reversion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense return:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | retour |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does reversion come from?
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).