revert
/ɹɪˈvɝt/
"revert" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revert” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #18,418 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,418
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who, or that which, reverts.
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 | revert |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈvɝt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revert” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for revert is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪˈvɝt/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,418 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 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 revert, with forms such as "ervert", "reevrt", and "reverrt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "river", "rover", "rivet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō. The correct English form is revert, spelled R-E-V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1One who, or that which, reverts.
- 2One who reverts to that religion which one had adhered to before having converted to another.
- 3A convert to Islam.
- 4The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
- 5The skateboard maneuver of rotating the board 180 degrees or more while the wheels remain on the ground.
Etymology
From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ervert,reevrt,reverrt,revertt,revetr,revret,revvert,rrevert,rveert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revert - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “revert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-V-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹɪˈvɝt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “river” - see the side-by-side comparison. revert vs river
- 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.