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revocable

adjective

revocable is spelled R-E-V-O-C-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, revocable means “Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in revocable?

Letters9: R-E-V-O-C-A-B-L-E
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is revocable?

Revocable appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce revocable?

    Revocable has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of revocable

    • more revocable comparative
    • most revocable superlative
    • revokable

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does revocable mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.

      Your promotion to manager is revocable if you do something wrong.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Revocable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense capable of being revoked:

    LanguageWords
    Frenchrévocable
    Spanishrevocable

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

    Where does revocable come from?

    Borrowed from Middle French révocable, from Old French revocable, from Latin revocabilis; equivalent to revoke + -able.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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