revivalism
"revivalism" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revivalism” is uncommon English (frequency #99,767 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,767
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Advocacy for the revival of a former practice, custom, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-revivalism · revivalism · English
revivalism · rank #99,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,767
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH revote
Nearest frequency peer: revote (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “revivalism”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- redecoration
redecoration
242 corpus weight
- reflexivity
reflexivity
241 corpus weight
- relaxin
relaxin
239 corpus weight
- revasculari…
revascularization
236 corpus weight
- revivalism
revivalism
234 corpus weight
- revote
revote
233 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “revivalism” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revivalism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revivalism” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
revivalism is uncommon English at frequency #99,767 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for revivalism, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From revival + -ism. The correct English form is revivalism, spelled R-E-V-I-V-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Advocacy for the revival of a former practice, custom, etc.
- 2Spiritual fervour of or for a religious revival.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how revivalism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Art Deco revivalism
Neither the Revivalism that assails a boy at about the age of fifteen, nor the skepticism that meets him five years later, could sway him from his allegiance to the church into which he had been born.
Etymology
From revival + -ism.
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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