révocation

\ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“révocation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,083. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,083
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de révoquer ; annulation, en parlant d'une chose ou d'un acte ; renvoi ou destitution, en parlant d'une personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revocation · révocation · French

révocation · rank #22,083 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,083
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réunification

Nearest frequency peer: réunification (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « révocation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « révocation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

révocation vs revolution
70% similar
révocation vs révélation
80% similar
révocation vs rénovation
80% similar

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

Key facts for révocation
PropertyValue
Headwordrévocation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,083
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « révocation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).révocationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réunification » (#22,082), « rêvais » (#22,084), « rwandais » (#22,081). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « révocation » est au #22,083. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around révocation (IPA \ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,083 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for révocation, with forms such as "revocation", "rrévocation", and "rvéocation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "revolution", "révélation", "rénovation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is révocation, spelled R-É-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de révoquer ; annulation, en parlant d'une chose ou d'un acte ; renvoi ou destitution, en parlant d'une personne.
  2. 2
    Retour à un état antérieur (par exemple dans l’historique d’un système de gestion de versions, ou dans une base de données).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les protestans avaient, au dix-septième siècle, un temple à Sanvic; […]. Lors de la révocation de l’édit de Nantes, la jeunesse catholique du Havre se porta en foule à Sanvic, et détruisit, en peu d’instans, cet édifice religieux dont on chercherait vainement aujourd'hui la place.
  2. Avant la révocation de l'Édit de Nantes, une idée domine chez tous les prédicateurs réformés : la défense de leur Église et de ses doctrines. Les réformés étaient menacés de plusieurs manières, et la lutte était pour eux une nécessité; […].

This word in other languages

revocation(English)Abberufung(Deutsch)revogação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • revocation
  • rrévocation
  • rvéocation
  • réovcation
  • révcoation
  • révoaction
  • révocaiton
  • révocatino
  • révocationn
  • révocatoin
  • révocattion
  • révoccation
  • révoctaion
  • révvocation
  • érvocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of révocation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

revocation1rrévocation1rvéocation2réovcation2révcoation2révoaction2révocaiton2révocatino2
Edit distance from "révocation"

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 "révocation"?
"révocation" is spelled R-É-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "révocation" mean?
As a noun, "révocation" means: Action de révoquer ; annulation, en parlant d'une chose ou d'un acte ; renvoi ou destitution, en parlant d'une personne.
What words are commonly confused with "révocation"?
"révocation" is commonly confused with "revolution", "révélation", "rénovation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "révocation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "révocation" is \ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "révocation" come from?
"révocation" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

sociologues15 variantsreconnaissait15 variantssédiments15 variantstremblant15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list