revelar

/[reβ̞eˈlaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,034

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

revelar is aSpanishverb. It means: Mostrar o descubrir lo que antes estaba oculto, en secreto, o que la mayoría de la gente no conocía. Pronounced [reβ̞eˈlaɾ]. It ranks #9,034 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with revele and revisar.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of revelar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for revelar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reβ̞eˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,034 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for revelar, with forms such as "ervelar", "rebelar", and "reevlar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is revelar, spelled R-E-V-E-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ervelar,rebelar,reevlar,revealr,revelarr,revellar,revelra,revlear,revvelar,rrevelar,rveelar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for revelar

Misspelling Variants of "revelar"

ervelar7rebelar7reevlar7revealr7revelarr8revellar8revelra7revlear7
Misspelling Variants of "revelar"

Frequency rank: #9,034 in Spanish

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.