reverso

noun

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The verdict

“reverso” is uncommon French (frequency #95,252 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,252
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Revers.

Key facts for reverso
PropertyValue
Headwordreverso
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,252
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “reverso” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). reverso lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reverso is uncommon French at frequency #95,252 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Revers.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reverso, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is reverso, spelled R-E-V-E-R-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Revers.

Antonyms

anverso

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 "reverso"?
"reverso" is spelled R-E-V-E-R-S-O.
What does "reverso" mean?
As a noun, "reverso" means: Revers.
What language does "reverso" come from?
"reverso" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “reverso”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-V-E-R-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list