revés

Name: revés, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[reˈβ̞es]

/[reˈβ̞es]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“revés” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,647
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,151
“R” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El lado de cualquier objeto enfrente de la parte de delante o el lado invisible de cualquier objeto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-reves · revés · Spanish

revés · rank #4,647 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,647
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 4,151
PHOTO-FINISH respirar

Nearest frequency peer: respirar (-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.

razonable

95,357
referente

95,356
respirar

95,355
revés

95,354
sacrificio

95,353
salí

95,352

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

revés vs ríes

40% similar

revés vs Reyes

40% similar

revés vs river

40% similar

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

Key facts for revés
Property	Value
Headword	revés
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[reˈβ̞es]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#4,647
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “revés”

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

#4,647

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “respirar” (#4,646), “sacrificio” (#4,648), “referente” (#4,645). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “revés” va en #4,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around revés (IPA [reˈβ̞es]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,647 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for revés, with forms such as "ervés", "rebés", and "revsé". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ríes", "Reyes", "river", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is revés, spelled R-E-V-É-S.

Definition

1
El lado de cualquier objeto enfrente de la parte de delante o el lado invisible de cualquier objeto.
2
Infortunio, obstáculo o retraso; circunstancia adversa.
3
Golpe que se da con el dorso de la mano (el opuesto de la palma).
4
En tenis, golpe del lado donde el jugador no tiene la raqueta hacia el lado donde el jugador tiene la raqueta.
5
Cambio en el comportamiento de algo o alguien.

Synonyms

reverso vuelta contratiempo adversidad

This word in other languages

back(English)revers(Français)Rückseite(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ervés
rebés
revsé
revvés
revéss
reévs
rrevés
rveés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "revés"

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 "revés"?

"revés" is spelled R-E-V-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈβ̞es].

What does "revés" mean?

As a noun, "revés" means: El lado de cualquier objeto enfrente de la parte de delante o el lado invisible de cualquier objeto.

What words are commonly confused with "revés"?

"revés" is commonly confused with "ríes", "Reyes", "river". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "revés"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revés" is [reˈβ̞es]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "revés" come from?

"revés" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ponte#4,639 surge#4,655 tenis#4,656 Paulo#4,635

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

pierna8 variants ocurrir8 variants bebés8 variants huesos8 variants