# revise

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ · frequency rank #15,492

## Definitions
1. To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
2. To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
3. To look at again, to reflect on.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).

## Easily confused with
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revise-vs-rise)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revise-vs-revue)
- **revive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revise-vs-revive)
- **revoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revise-vs-revoke)
- **revived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revise-vs-revived)
- **revisit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revise-vs-revisit)
- **reis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-revise)
- **raise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raise-vs-revise)
- **Reese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-revise)
- **reuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reuse-vs-revise)
- **Regis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regis-vs-revise)
- **Revis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revis-vs-revise)
- **review** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/review-vs-revise)
- **refuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuse-vs-revise)
- **regime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regime-vs-revise)
- **recipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recipe-vs-revise)
- **resist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resist-vs-revise)
- **retire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retire-vs-revise)
- **reside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reside-vs-revise)
- **relish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relish-vs-revise)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ervise`, `reivse`, `revies`, `revisse`, `revsie`, `revvise`, `rrevise`, `rveise`

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