rev

\ɹɛv\

/\ɹɛv\/ verb

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The verdict

“rev” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,795) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#25,795
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accélérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rev · rev · French

rev · rank #25,795 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,795
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reposé

Nearest frequency peer: reposé (-1 rank slots)

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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « rev »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « rev » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

rev vs Rh
0% similar
rev vs RT
0% similar
rev vs RP
0% similar

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

Key facts for rev
PropertyValue
Headwordrev
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɹɛv\
Letters3
Frequency rank#25,795
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « rev »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.revse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reposé » (#25,794), « Richter » (#25,796), « riez » (#25,797). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rev » est au #25,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for rev is neighbouring look-alikes ("Rh", "RT", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \ɹɛv\. Frequency #25,795 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Accélérer.".

Zero misspellings are on record for rev in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rh", "RT", "RP", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rev, spelled R-E-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accélérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Toyota Motor Corp. is revving up production of its hit Prius to meet better-than-expected demand.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rev"?
"rev" is spelled R-E-V. The IPA pronunciation is \ɹɛv\.
What does "rev" mean?
As a verb, "rev" means: Accélérer.
What words are commonly confused with "rev"?
"rev" is commonly confused with "Rh", "RT", "RP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rev"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rev" is \ɹɛv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rev" come from?
"rev" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

src#25,816til#25,835mob#25,737vox#25,853

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list