revolting

verb

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"revolting" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“revolting” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,696
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of revolt

Corpus desk

Index EN-revolting · revolting · English

revolting · rank #28,696 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,696
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH restructure

Nearest frequency peer: restructure (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “revolting”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “revolting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

revolting vs revolving
89% similar
revolting vs revoking
78% similar
revolting vs reporting
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for revolting
PropertyValue
Headwordrevolting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,696
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “revolting”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).revoltinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “restructure” (#28,695), “rhapsody” (#28,697), “resistor” (#28,694). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “revolting” is #28,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around revolting, averb. Corpus frequency is #28,696 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of revolt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for revolting, with forms such as "ervolting", "reovlting", and "revloting". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "revolving", "revoking", "reporting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is revolting, spelled R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of revolt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how revolting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The feudal subjects decided to revolt.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ervolting
  • reovlting
  • revloting
  • revolitng
  • revollting
  • revoltign
  • revoltingg
  • revoltinng
  • revoltnig
  • revoltting
  • revotling
  • revvolting
  • rrevolting
  • rveolting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revolting - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ervolting2reovlting2revloting2revolitng2revollting1revoltign2revoltingg1revoltinng1
Edit distance from "revolting"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "revolting"?
"revolting" is spelled R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G.
What does "revolting" mean?
As a verb, "revolting" means: present participle and gerund of revolt
What words are commonly confused with "revolting"?
"revolting" is commonly confused with "revolving", "revoking", "reporting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "revolting" come from?
"revolting" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "revolting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list