revivalist
"revivalist" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revivalist” is uncommon English (frequency #77,145 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,145
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who seeks to revive something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-revivalist · revivalist · English
revivalist · rank #77,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,145
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH retractor
Nearest frequency peer: retractor (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “revivalist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reorient
reorient
22,862 corpus weight
- REPL
REPL
22,861 corpus weight
- replicant
replicant
22,860 corpus weight
- retractor
retractor
22,857 corpus weight
- revivalist
revivalist
22,856 corpus weight
- ribose
ribose
22,853 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “revivalist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revivalist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “revivalist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
revivalist is uncommon English at frequency #77,145 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for revivalist, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From revival + -ist. The correct English form is revivalist, spelled R-E-V-I-V-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Someone who seeks to revive something.
- 2An evangelistic preacher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how revivalist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an Art Deco revivalist
And in 1975 one of the hottest Austin ensembles was the posthippie western swing revivalist group known as Asleep at the Wheel.
Etymology
From revival + -ist.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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