recipe vs revise, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“recipe” is a noun and “revise” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,886
“recipe” frequency rank: #15,492
“revise” frequency rank: 20378
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	recipe	revise
Definition	A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.	To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set recipe and revise apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

recipe

6 ch

revise

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recipe is /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ while revise is /ɹɪˈvaɪz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recipe is recorded at frequency rank #4,886, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/. revise is at rank #15,492, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈvaɪz/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 20378, this pair ranks #431,509 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of recipe vs revise

Shared letters: eir. Private to "recipe": cp. Private to "revise": sv.

"recipe" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "revise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

recipe ← ercipe · rceipe · reccipe · reciep · recippe · recpie · reicpe · rrecipe
revise ← ervise · reivse · revies · revisse · revsie · revvise · rrevise · rveise

Frequency comparison

recipe#4,886

revise#15,492

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recipe" and "revise" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recipe" is a noun and "revise" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "recipe" or "revise"?

"recipe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,886 in our English list, against #15,492 for "revise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering recipe vs revise

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “recipe”; for a verb, it's “revise”.
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