révocation

/\ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,083

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

révocation is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de révoquer ; annulation, en parlant d'une chose ou d'un acte ; renvoi ou destitution, en parlant d'une personne. Pronounced \ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with revolution and révélation.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of révocation in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for révocation is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,083 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for révocation, with forms such as "revocation", "rrévocation", and "rvéocation". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "revolution", "révélation", "rénovation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is révocation, spelled R-É-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: revocation,rrévocation,rvéocation,réovcation,révcoation,révoaction,révocaiton,révocatino,révocationn,révocatoin,révocattion,révoccation,révoctaion,révvocation,érvocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for révocation

Misspelling Variants of "révocation"

revocation10rrévocation11rvéocation10réovcation10révcoation10révoaction10révocaiton10révocatino10
Misspelling Variants of "révocation"

Frequency rank: #22,083 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.