# revving

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,882

## Definitions
1. The act by which an engine is revved.
2. A technique for reducing web page loading times by assigning far-future expiration dates to the resources on the page (so that the browser caches them indefinitely) and, if changes are needed, using different filenames for those resources.

## Easily confused with
- **roving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revving-vs-roving)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raving-vs-revving)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-revving)
- **resting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resting-vs-revving)
- **renting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renting-vs-revving)
- **rearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rearing-vs-revving)
- **reeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeling-vs-revving)
- **Redding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-revving)
- **reaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reaping-vs-revving)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reusing-vs-revving)
- **removing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/removing-vs-revving)
- **reviving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reviving-vs-revving)
- **reliving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reliving-vs-revving)
- **revoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revoking-vs-revving)
- **revolving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/revolving-vs-revving)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ervving`, `reving`, `revivng`, `revvign`, `revvingg`, `revvinng`, `revvnig`, `rrevving`, `rveving`

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