# revoke

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈvoʊk/ · frequency rank #20,760

## Definitions
1. To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
2. To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
3. To call or bring back.
4. To hold back.
5. To move (something) back or away.
6. To call back to mind.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.

## Easily confused with
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revoke-vs-revue)
- **revolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revoke-vs-revolt)
- **revolve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revoke-vs-revolve)
- **remove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remove-vs-revoke)
- **remote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remote-vs-revoke)
- **remake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remake-vs-revoke)
- **revive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revive-vs-revoke)
- **revise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revise-vs-revoke)
- **retake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retake-vs-revoke)
- **rebuke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebuke-vs-revoke)
- **revere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revere-vs-revoke)
- **redone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redone-vs-revoke)
- **repose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repose-vs-revoke)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ervoke`, `reovke`, `revkoe`, `revoek`, `revokke`, `revvoke`, `rrevoke`, `rveoke`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/revoke