reinovsrevisoTell them apart

Quick tell: reino is a noun, reviso is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reino” is a noun and “reviso” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,153
“reino” frequency rank
#29,378
“reviso” frequency rank
30531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reino reviso
Definition Estado gobernado o encabezado por un rey o reina. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de revisar.

Where the eye mixes reino and reviso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
reino
6 ch
reviso

Visual trap between reino and reviso

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reino is [ˈrejno] while reviso is [reˈβ̞iso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reino is recorded at frequency rank #1,153, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈrejno]. reviso is at rank #29,378, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞iso].

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 30531, this pair ranks #211,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reino vs reviso

Shared letters: eior. Private to "reino": n. Private to "reviso": sv.

"reino" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "reviso" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reinoerino · reinno · reion · renio · rieno · rreino
  • revisoerviso · rebiso · reivso · revios · revisso · revsio · revviso · rreviso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reino" for "reviso" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reino" is a noun and "reviso" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reino" or "reviso"?
"reino" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,153 in our Spanish list, against #29,378 for "reviso". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reviso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #211,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reino" and "reviso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reviso vs reviste". 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 #211,535 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