revelar

[reβ̞eˈlaɾ]

/[reβ̞eˈlaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“revelar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,034
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mostrar o descubrir lo que antes estaba oculto, en secreto, o que la mayoría de la gente no conocía.

Corpus desk

Index ES-revelar · revelar · Spanish

revelar · rank #9,034 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,034
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH reservado

Nearest frequency peer: reservado (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “revelar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “revelar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

revelar vs revele
71% similar
revelar vs revisar
71% similar
revelar vs revocar
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for revelar
PropertyValue
Headwordrevelar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reβ̞eˈlaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,034
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “revelar”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.revelarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “reservado” (#9,033), “Rivas” (#9,035), “ruego” (#9,036). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “revelar” va en #9,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around revelar (IPA [reβ̞eˈlaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,034 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for revelar, with forms such as "ervelar", "rebelar", and "reevlar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "revele", "revisar", "revocar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is revelar, spelled R-E-V-E-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mostrar o descubrir lo que antes estaba oculto, en secreto, o que la mayoría de la gente no conocía.
  2. 2
    Hacer que la imagen que estaba en la película sea visible.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ervelar
  • rebelar
  • reevlar
  • revealr
  • revelarr
  • revellar
  • revelra
  • revlear
  • revvelar
  • rrevelar
  • rveelar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revelar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ervelar2rebelar1reevlar2revealr2revelarr1revellar1revelra2revlear2
Edit distance from "revelar"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "revelar"?
"revelar" is spelled R-E-V-E-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [reβ̞eˈlaɾ].
What does "revelar" mean?
As a verb, "revelar" means: Mostrar o descubrir lo que antes estaba oculto, en secreto, o que la mayoría de la gente no conocía.
What words are commonly confused with "revelar"?
"revelar" is commonly confused with "revele", "revisar", "revocar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "revelar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revelar" is [reβ̞eˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "revelar" come from?
"revelar" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "revelar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list