rehúsavsrevisaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“rehúsa” and “revisa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,961
“rehúsa” frequency rank
#7,353
“revisa” frequency rank
47314
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rehúsa revisa
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de rehusar o de rehusarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de revisar.

Where the eye mixes rehúsa and revisa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rehúsa and revisa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
rehúsa
6 ch
revisa

Visual trap between rehúsa and revisa

A purely visual mix-up. rehúsa ([reˈusa]) and revisa ([reˈβ̞isa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rehúsa is recorded at frequency rank #39,961, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈusa]. revisa is at rank #7,353, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞isa].

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 47314, this pair ranks #120,746 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rehúsa vs revisa

Shared letters: aers. Private to "rehúsa": hú. Private to "revisa": iv.

"rehúsa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "revisa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revisa ← ervisa · rebisa · reivsa · revias · revissa · revsia · revvisa · rrevisa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rehúsa" and "revisa" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reˈusa] versus [reˈβ̞isa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rehúsa" or "revisa" show up more?
"revisa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,353 in our Spanish list, against #39,961 for "rehúsa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "rehúsa" and "revisa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rehúsa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revisa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #120,746 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rehúsa" and "revisa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebasa vs rehúsa". 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 #120,746 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