Which to use
“remit” is a verb and “Revis” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,901
- “remit” frequency rank
- #49,593
- “Revis” frequency rank
- 75494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remit | Revis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply. | A surname. |
Letter map: remit vs Revis
Shared letters muted; letters that set remit and Revis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. remit and Revis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for remit / Revis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: remit is averb and Revisaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remit is recorded at frequency rank #25,901, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈmɪt/. Revis is at rank #49,593, 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 75494, this pair ranks #32,926 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remit vs Revis
Shared letters: eir. Private to "remit": mt. Private to "Revis": sv.
"remit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Revis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remit" and "Revis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remit" vs "Revis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "remit" and "Revis". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "remit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Revis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,926 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remit" and "Revis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reams vs Revis". 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 #32,926 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.