# revolving

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,017

## Definitions
1. The act of something that revolves or turns.
2. The process where you either take an non-closing linear shape or a 2D shape, take a 3D axis as the pivot, and basically revolve the linear shape around the axis to get a 3D object. (e.g. taking a 2D triangle and turning it into a cone, taking a circle and turning it into a sphere, taking a long U-shape and turning it into a test tube object)

## Easily confused with
- **revving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revolving-vs-revving)
- **removing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/removing-vs-revolving)
- **reviving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reviving-vs-revolving)
- **revoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revoking-vs-revolving)
- **resolving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resolving-vs-revolving)
- **revolting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revolting-vs-revolving)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ervolving`, `reovlving`, `revloving`, `revolivng`, `revollving`, `revolvign`, `revolvingg`, `revolvinng`, `revolvnig`, `revolvving`, `revovling`, `revvolving`, `rrevolving`, `rveolving`

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