révisionniste

\ʁe.vi.zjɔ.nist\

/\ʁe.vi.zjɔ.nist\/ adj

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The verdict

“révisionniste” is uncommon French (frequency #51,112 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,112
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui œuvre à la révision d'une loi, d'un procès, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revisionniste · révisionniste · French

révisionniste · rank #51,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,112
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH révisionnisme

Nearest frequency peer: révisionnisme (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “révisionniste”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “révisionniste” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for révisionniste
PropertyValue
Headwordrévisionniste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.vi.zjɔ.nist\
Letters13
Frequency rank#51,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “révisionniste” 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). révisionniste lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

révisionniste is uncommon French at frequency #51,112 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.vi.zjɔ.nist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for révisionniste in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is révisionniste, spelled R-É-V-I-S-I-O-N-N-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui œuvre à la révision d'une loi, d'un procès, etc.
  2. 2
    Relatif à un révisionnisme politique, philosophique, religieux…
  3. 3
    Qualificatif de toute opinion contraire à l’orthodoxie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Même chose chez Marguerite Charpentier, dont Proust attribuera le salon dreyfusard à Madame Verdurin, chez qui les invités peuvent rencontrer toutes les vedettes de la cause révisionniste, Zola, le beau colonel Picquart dans son uniforme bleu ciel à galons dorés, Georges Clemenceau, le baron Reinach ou Fernand Labori.
  2. Mon père, ami de M. Méline, était convaincu de la culpabilité de Dreyfus. Il avait envoyé promener avec mauvaise humeur des collègues qui lui avaient demandé de signer une liste révisionniste.

Synonyms

révisio

Antonyms

fondamentaliste

This word in other languages

revisionist(English)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "révisionniste"?
"révisionniste" is spelled R-É-V-I-S-I-O-N-N-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vi.zjɔ.nist\.
What does "révisionniste" mean?
As an adjective, "révisionniste" means: Qui œuvre à la révision d'une loi, d'un procès, etc.
How do you pronounce "révisionniste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révisionniste" is \ʁe.vi.zjɔ.nist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

révisionnisme#51,111Sarreguemines#51,122précarisation#51,064sélectionnant#51,168

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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