# revert

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈvɝt/ · frequency rank #18,418

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, reverts.
2. One who reverts to that religion which one had adhered to before having converted to another.
3. A convert to Islam.
4. The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
5. The 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.

## Easily confused with
- **river** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-river)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-rover)
- **rivet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-rivet)
- **Robert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-robert)
- **rivers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-rivers)
- **revolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-revolt)
- **Rupert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-rupert)
- **Rivera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-rivera)
- **reverted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revert-vs-reverted)
- **refer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refer-vs-revert)
- **reset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reset-vs-revert)
- **revel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revel-vs-revert)
- **report** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/report-vs-revert)
- **recent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recent-vs-revert)
- **repeat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeat-vs-revert)
- **reveal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reveal-vs-revert)
- **resort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resort-vs-revert)
- **reject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-revert)
- **regent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regent-vs-revert)
- **resent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-revert)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ervert`, `reevrt`, `reverrt`, `revertt`, `revetr`, `revret`, `revvert`, `rrevert`, `rveert`

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