revolving

\ʁe.vɔl.viŋ\

/\ʁe.vɔl.viŋ\/ noun

The verdict

“revolving” is uncommon French (frequency #93,179 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,179
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crédit dans lequel la réserve d’argent prêtable se reconstitue au fur et à mesure de son remboursement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-revolving · revolving · French

revolving · rank #93,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,179
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rhinoceros

Nearest frequency peer: rhinoceros (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « revolving »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « revolving » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for revolving
PropertyValue
Headwordrevolving
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.vɔl.viŋ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,179
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « revolving » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.revolvingtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « rhinoceros » (#93,180), « Rians » (#93,181), « retweeter » (#93,176). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « revolving » est au #93,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

revolving is uncommon French at frequency #93,179 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.vɔl.viŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crédit dans lequel la réserve d’argent prêtable se reconstitue au fur et à mesure de son remboursement.".

revolving doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is revolving, spelled R-E-V-O-L-V-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crédit dans lequel la réserve d’argent prêtable se reconstitue au fur et à mesure de son remboursement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour éviter de couvrir le montant global on peut négocier un revolving à échéance glissante ou par engagement croissant puis décroissant.
  2. […], Nath a dû contracter un crédit revolving à la con. Merci internet qui permet de trouver un crédit aussi facilement qu'une baguette dans une boulangerie.

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 "revolving"?
"revolving" is spelled R-E-V-O-L-V-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.vɔl.viŋ\.
What does "revolving" mean?
As a noun, "revolving" means: Crédit dans lequel la réserve d’argent prêtable se reconstitue au fur et à mesure de son remboursement.
How do you pronounce "revolving"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revolving" is \ʁe.vɔl.viŋ\. 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 "revolving", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list