reviling

noun

"reviling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“reviling” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reproach; abuse; vilification

Corpus desk

Index EN-reviling · reviling · English

reviling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for reviling
PropertyValue
Headwordreviling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “reviling” in English

revilingfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reviling is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reproach; abuse; vilification".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for reviling, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is reviling, spelled R-E-V-I-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    reproach; abuse; vilification

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how reviling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
  2. The written word tells us our duty, and we ought to accomplish in solemn silence, but not with revilings and deridings of our pure, holy, and just intentions, the destruction of a race, cursed by divine judgment, […]

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reviling"?
"reviling" is spelled R-E-V-I-L-I-N-G.
What does "reviling" mean?
As a noun, "reviling" means: reproach; abuse; vilification
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list