revolution
/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/
"revolution" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“revolution” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,699 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,699
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revolution |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revolution” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for revolution is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,699 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for revolution, with forms such as "ervolution", "reovlution", and "revloution". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "resolution", "revelation", "revocation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, accusative singular of revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”). The correct English form is revolution, spelled R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- 2The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- 3Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- 4In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- 5A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- 6A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- 7Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- 8a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, accusative singular of revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ervolution,reovlution,revloution,revollution,revoltuion,revoluiton,revolusion,revolutino,revolutionn,revolutoin,revoluttion,revoultion,revvolution,rrevolution,rveolution
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revolution - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “revolution”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “resolution” - see the side-by-side comparison. revolution vs resolution
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.