regulationsvsRevelationsTell them apart

Quick tell: regulations is a noun, Revelations is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“regulations” is a noun and “Revelations” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,019
“regulations” frequency rank
#13,798
“Revelations” frequency rank
16817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regulations Revelations
Definition plural of regulation Misconstruction of Revelation (“final book of the New Testament”).

Letter map: regulations vs Revelations

Shared letters muted; letters that set regulations and Revelations apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. regulations and Revelations follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
regulations
11 ch
Revelations

Grammar separator: regulations vs Revelations

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regulations is anoun and Revelationsaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regulations is recorded at frequency rank #3,019, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌɹɛɡjəˈleɪʃənz/. Revelations is at rank #13,798, tagged as aname.

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 16817, this pair ranks #455,392 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regulations vs Revelations

Shared letters: aeilnorst. Private to "regulations": gu. Private to "Revelations": v.

"regulations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC  ·  "Revelations" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regulations ← ergulations · reggulations · regluations · regualtions · regulaitons · regulatinos · regulationns · regulationss
  • Revelations ← ervelations · reevlations · revealtions · revelaitons · revelatinos · revelationns · revelationss · revelatiosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regulations" and "Revelations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regulations" is a noun and "Revelations" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regulations" vs "Revelations" - which ranks higher?
"regulations" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,019 in our English list, against #13,798 for "Revelations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "regulations" and "Revelations".

  • Full dictionary entry for "regulations" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Revelations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #455,392 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regulations" and "Revelations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revelation vs Revelations". 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 #455,392 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list