revile
/ɹəˈvaɪl/verb
revile is spelled R-E-V-I-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, revile means “To attack (someone) with abusive language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in revile?
| Letters | 6: R-E-V-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 revile?
Revile appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th 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 revile?
- /ɹəˈvaɪl/
Revile has 2 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-revile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with revile?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as revile.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: relive.
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 revile
- reviles present, singular, he/she/it
- reviling participle, present
- reviled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does revile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To attack (someone) with abusive language.
noun
- 1
obsoletereproach; reviling
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Revile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to attack with abusive language:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | insulter |
| German | schmähen, beschimpfen, verunglimpfen, stänkern gegen |
| Portuguese | insultar |
| Spanish | insultar, putear, injuriar, denigrar, vilipendiar, reprochar |
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 revile come from?
From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).