Which to use
“retelling” is a noun and “revealing” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,940
- “retelling” frequency rank
- #7,491
- “revealing” frequency rank
- 38431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retelling | revealing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A new, changed, or adapted version of a story. | Informative. |
Letter map: retelling vs revealing
Shared letters muted; letters that set retelling and revealing apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. retelling (CVCVCCVCC) and revealing (CVCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for retelling / revealing
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: retelling is anoun and revealinganadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retelling is recorded at frequency rank #30,940, classified as anoun. revealing is at rank #7,491, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/.
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 38431, this pair ranks #285,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of retelling vs revealing
Shared letters: egilnr. Private to "retelling": t. Private to "revealing": av.
"retelling" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "revealing" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "retelling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revealing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retelling" and "revealing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refuelling vs retelling". 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 #285,975 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.