ReesevsrevesesTell them apart

Quick tell: Reese is a name, reveses is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Reese” is a name and “reveses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,559
“Reese” frequency rank
#45,582
“reveses” frequency rank
91141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reese reveses
Definition Apellido. Forma del plural de revés.

Where the eye mixes Reese and reveses

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Reese runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against reveses's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Reese
7 ch
reveses

Visual trap between Reese and reveses

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Reese is /ɹis/ while reveses is [reˈβ̞eses]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reese is recorded at frequency rank #45,559, classified as aname, pronounced /ɹis/. reveses is at rank #45,582, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈβ̞eses].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 91141, this pair ranks #2,143 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Reese vs reveses

Shared letters: ers. Private to "Reese": -. Private to "reveses": v.

"Reese" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "reveses" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reeseerese · reece · reees · reesse · resee · rreese
  • reveseserveses · rebeses · reevses · reveces · reveess · revesess · revesse · revesses

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Reese" for "reveses" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reese" is a name and "reveses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Reese" or "reveses" show up more?
"Reese" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,559 in our Spanish list, against #45,582 for "reveses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reese" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reveses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,143 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reese" and "reveses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reese vs ríete". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #2,143 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list