revista

/[reˈβ̞ist̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,125

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

revista is aSpanishnoun. It means: Vista o examen minucioso que se hace después de uno inicial y breve; segunda vista. Pronounced [reˈβ̞ist̪a]. It ranks #1,125 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with reviste and revistas.

Key facts for revista
PropertyValue
Headwordrevista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈβ̞ist̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,125
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for revista is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈβ̞ist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,125 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 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 revista, with forms such as "ervista", "rebista", and "reivsta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "reviste", "revistas", "resta", 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 revista, spelled R-E-V-I-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vista o examen minucioso que se hace después de uno inicial y breve; segunda vista.
  2. 2
    En especial, examen formal que un supervisor o comandante hace de las personas o asuntos a su cargo.
  3. 3
    Formación que adopta una tropa para que un general o jefe las reviste₂ o inspeccione y conozca el estado de su instrucción, etc.
  4. 4
    Publicación que revé o revisa producciones artísticas y literarias.
  5. 5
    Más generalmente, publicación periódica y habitualmente efímera que ofrece una revista₁ de temas de novedad, entretenimiento o académicos.
  6. 6
    Subgénero dramático de la comedia que se desenvuelve en un tipo de espectáculo que combina música, baile y, muchas veces, también breves escenas teatrales o sketches humorísticos o satíricos.
  7. 7
    Vista que en segundo o posterior lugar se hace de un pleito.
  8. 8
    Revisión de un juicio criminal ante un tribunal diferente que se hace en vista de errores en el inicial.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ervista,rebista,reivsta,revisat,revissta,revistta,revitsa,revsita,revvista,rrevista,rveista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for revista

Misspelling Variants of "revista"

ervista7rebista7reivsta7revisat7revissta8revistta8revitsa7revsita7
Misspelling Variants of "revista"

Frequency rank: #1,125 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "revista"?
"revista" is spelled R-E-V-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈβ̞ist̪a].
What does "revista" mean?
As a noun, "revista" means: Vista o examen minucioso que se hace después de uno inicial y breve; segunda vista.
What words are commonly confused with "revista"?
"revista" is commonly confused with "reviste", "revistas", "resta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "revista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revista" is [reˈβ̞ist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "revista" come from?
"revista" 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.