revivalism

noun

"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)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “revivalism”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

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.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for revivalism
PropertyValue
Headwordrevivalism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,767
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “revivalism” sits in English frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).revivalismlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “revote” (#99,768), “revascularization” (#99,765), “relaxin” (#99,762). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Advocacy for the revival of a former practice, custom, etc.
  2. 2
    Spiritual fervour of or for a religious revival.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Art Deco revivalism
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "revivalism"?
"revivalism" is spelled R-E-V-I-V-A-L-I-S-M.
What does "revivalism" mean?
As a noun, "revivalism" means: Advocacy for the revival of a former practice, custom, etc.
What is the origin of the word "revivalism"?
From revival + -ism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "revivalism", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list