revue
/ɹəˈvjuː/noun
revue is spelled R-E-V-U-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “review vs revue” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, revue means “A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of revue is revues.
How many letters and syllables are in revue?
| Letters | 5: R-E-V-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is revue?
Revue appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 revue?
- /ɹəˈvjuː/
- /ɹɪˈvjuː/
Revue 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: En-us-revue.ogg, En-uk-revue.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with revue
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of revue
- revues plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does revue mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
- 2
Any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Revue in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense form of theatrical entertainment:
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 revue come from?
Borrowed from French revue (literally “review”). Doublet of review, which it replaced in these senses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).