revoke
/ɹɪˈvoʊk/verb, noun
revoke is spelled R-E-V-O-K-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, revoke means “To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in revoke?
| Letters | 6: R-E-V-O-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is revoke?
Revoke appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 revoke?
- US /ɹɪˈvoʊk/
- UK /ɹɪˈvəʊk/
- UK /rɪˈvəʊk/
Revoke has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-revoke.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with revoke?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as revoke from its last stressed vowel (/oʊk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of revoke
- revokes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- revoking participle, present
- revoked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does revoke mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
Your driver's license will be revoked.
- 2
To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
- 3
obsoleteTo call or bring back.
- 4
obsoleteTo hold back.
- 5
obsoleteTo move (something) back or away.
- 6
obsoleteTo call back to mind.
late 1600s-early 1700s, Robert South, Sermon on Proverbs 18.14 in Sermons Preached on Several Occasions, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1823, p. 132, A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inc
noun
- 1
The act of revoking in a game of cards.
- 2
A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.
- 3
A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Revoke in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | révoquer |
| German | widerrufen, revozieren, einziehen, zurücknehmen, entziehen, zurückziehen |
| Portuguese | revogar, anular, cassar , fazer renúncia , renúncia |
| Spanish | revocar |
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 revoke come from?
Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).