Which to use
“regulation” and “revelation” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,781
- “regulation” frequency rank
- #7,604
- “revelation” frequency rank
- 11385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regulation | revelation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. | The act of revealing or disclosing. |
Where the eye mixes regulation and revelation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regulation and revelation follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: regulation vs revelation
A purely visual mix-up. regulation (/ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/) and revelation (/ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regulation is recorded at frequency rank #3,781, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/. revelation is at rank #7,604, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/.
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 11385, this pair ranks #487,344 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regulation vs revelation
Shared letters: aeilnort. Private to "regulation": gu. Private to "revelation": v.
"regulation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "revelation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regulation ← ergulation · reggulation · regluation · regualtion · regulaiton · regulasion · regulatino · regulationn
- revelation ← ervelation · reevlation · revealtion · revelaiton · revelasion · revelatino · revelationn · revelatoin
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regulation" and "revelation" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "regulation" vs "revelation" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "regulation" and "revelation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regulation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revelation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #487,344 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regulation" and "revelation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refutation vs regulation". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #487,344 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.