residevsreviséConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,489
“reside” frequency rank
#35,239
“revisé” frequency rank
42728
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reside revisé
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de residir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de revisar.

Where the eye mixes reside and revisé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reside and revisé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
reside
6 ch
revisé

Why the eye confuses reside with revisé

A purely visual mix-up. reside ([reˈsið̞e]) and revisé ([reβ̞iˈse]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reside is recorded at frequency rank #7,489, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈsið̞e]. revisé is at rank #35,239, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞iˈse].

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 42728, this pair ranks #146,622 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reside vs revisé

Shared letters: eirs. Private to "reside": d. Private to "revisé": vé.

"reside" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "revisé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reside ← erside · recide · reisde · resdie · residde · resied · resside · rreside

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reside" for "revisé" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈsið̞e] versus [reβ̞iˈse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reside" vs "revisé" - which ranks higher?
"reside" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,489 in our Spanish list, against #35,239 for "revisé". 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 "reside" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,622 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reside" and "revisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revisé 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 #146,622 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