renovadovsrevocadoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#12,237
“renovado” frequency rank
#38,947
“revocado” frequency rank
51184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renovado revocado
Definition Participio de renovar o de renovarse. Participio de revocar.

Where the eye mixes renovado and revocado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. renovado and revocado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
renovado
8 ch
revocado

Look-alike desk: renovado vs revocado

A purely visual mix-up. renovado ([renoˈβ̞að̞o]) and revocado ([reβ̞oˈkað̞o]) 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 51184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renovado is recorded at frequency rank #12,237, classified as averb, pronounced [renoˈβ̞að̞o]. revocado is at rank #38,947, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞oˈkað̞o].

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 51184, this pair ranks #99,192 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of renovado vs revocado

Shared letters: adeorv. Private to "renovado": n. Private to "revocado": c.

"renovado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "revocado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renovadoernovado · rennovado · renoavdo · renobado · renovaddo · renovaod · renovdao · renovvado
  • revocadoervocado · rebocado · reovcado · revcoado · revoacdo · revocaddo · revocaod · revoccado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "renovado" for "revocado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([renoˈβ̞að̞o] versus [reβ̞oˈkað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "renovado" vs "revocado" - which ranks higher?
"renovado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,237 in our Spanish list, against #38,947 for "revocado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "renovado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revocado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,192 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renovado" and "revocado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retomado vs revocado". 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 #99,192 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