Which to use
“repose” and “revise” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,529
- “repose” frequency rank
- #15,492
- “revise” frequency rank
- 55021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repose | revise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To lay (someone, or part of their body) down to rest. | To review, alter and amend, especially of written material. |
Where the eye mixes repose and revise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. repose and revise follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: repose vs revise
A purely visual mix-up. repose (/ɹɪˈpəʊz/) and revise (/ɹɪˈvaɪz/) 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 55021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repose is recorded at frequency rank #39,529, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈpəʊz/. 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 55021, this pair ranks #136,735 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repose vs revise
Shared letters: ers. Private to "repose": op. Private to "revise": iv.
"repose" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "revise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "repose" for "revise" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "repose" or "revise" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "repose" and "revise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "repose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,735 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repose" and "revise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repose vs repute". 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 #136,735 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.