revestir

[reβ̞esˈt̪iɾ]

/[reβ̞esˈt̪iɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“revestir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,691 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,691
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cubrir con un revestimiento.

Corpus desk

Index ES-revestir · revestir · Spanish

revestir · rank #65,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,691
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH revestidos

Nearest frequency peer: revestidos (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “revestir”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “revestir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for revestir
PropertyValue
Headwordrevestir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reβ̞esˈt̪iɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,691
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “revestir” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.revestircae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “revestidos” (#65,690), “retroactividad” (#65,689), “revuelven” (#65,693). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “revestir” va en #65,691. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

revestir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,691 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [reβ̞esˈt̪iɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

revestir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is revestir, spelled R-E-V-E-S-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cubrir con un revestimiento.
  2. 2
    Presentar algo una determinada cualidad, principalmente una abstracta.
  3. 3
    Vestir una ropa sobre otra. Se dice especialmente del sacerdote cuando sale a decir misa, por ponerse los ornamentos sobre el vestido.

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 "revestir"?
"revestir" is spelled R-E-V-E-S-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [reβ̞esˈt̪iɾ].
What does "revestir" mean?
As a verb, "revestir" means: Cubrir con un revestimiento.
How do you pronounce "revestir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revestir" is [reβ̞esˈt̪iɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "revestir" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list