remitióvsrevivióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#34,752
“remitió” frequency rank
#42,132
“revivió” frequency rank
76884
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remitió revivió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de remitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de revivir.

Where the eye mixes remitió and revivió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. remitió and revivió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
remitió
7 ch
revivió

Why the eye confuses remitió with revivió

A purely visual mix-up. remitió ([remiˈt̪jo]) and revivió ([reβ̞iˈβ̞jo]) 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 76884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remitió is recorded at frequency rank #34,752, classified as averb, pronounced [remiˈt̪jo]. revivió is at rank #42,132, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞iˈβ̞jo].

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 76884, this pair ranks #16,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remitió vs revivió

Shared letters: eiró. Private to "remitió": mt. Private to "revivió": v.

"remitió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "revivió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remitió" and "revivió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([remiˈt̪jo] versus [reβ̞iˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "remitió" or "revivió" show up more?
"remitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,752 in our Spanish list, against #42,132 for "revivió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remitió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revivió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remitió" and "revivió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revival vs revivió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,944 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