revile
/ɹəˈvaɪl/
"revile" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revile” is uncommon English (frequency #97,494 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,494
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To attack (someone) with abusive language.
Corpus desk
Index EN-revile · revile · English
revile · rank #97,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,494
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reproof
Nearest frequency peer: reproof (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “revile”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- relight
relight
2,512 corpus weight
- reproof
reproof
2,509 corpus weight
- revile
revile
2,507 corpus weight
- Rogge
Rogge
2,500 corpus weight
- rollup
rollup
2,499 corpus weight
- rompers
rompers
2,498 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “revile” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹəˈvaɪl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “revile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
revile is uncommon English at frequency #97,494 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɹəˈvaɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To attack (someone) with abusive language.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for revile, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile. The correct English form is revile, spelled R-E-V-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1To attack (someone) with abusive language.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how revile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
who, when he was reviled, reviled not again
And did not she herself revile me there?
Etymology
From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.
This word in other languages
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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