revocable
"revocable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revocable” is uncommon English (frequency #62,454 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,454
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.
Corpus desk
Index EN-revocable · revocable · English
revocable · rank #62,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,454
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Reuss
Nearest frequency peer: Reuss (-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 “revocable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reorder
reorder
37,551 corpus weight
- retransmiss…
retransmission
37,549 corpus weight
- Reuss
Reuss
37,548 corpus weight
- revocable
revocable
37,547 corpus weight
- revolutioni…
revolutionise
37,546 corpus weight
- rewinding
rewinding
37,545 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “revocable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revocable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “revocable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
revocable is uncommon English at frequency #62,454 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for revocable, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French révocable, from Old French revocable, from Latin revocabilis; equivalent to revoke + -able. The correct English form is revocable, spelled R-E-V-O-C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Having the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how revocable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Your promotion to manager is revocable if you do something wrong.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French révocable, from Old French revocable, from Latin revocabilis; equivalent to revoke + -able.
Antonyms
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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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).