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Which to use

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

#26,599
“resistido” frequency rank
#41,052
“revestido” frequency rank
67651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resistido revestido
Definition Participio de resistir o de resistirse. Participio de revestir.

Where the eye mixes resistido and revestido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. resistido and revestido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
resistido
9 ch
revestido

Visual trap between resistido and revestido

A purely visual mix-up. resistido ([resisˈt̪ið̞o]) and revestido ([reβ̞esˈt̪ið̞o]) 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 67651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resistido is recorded at frequency rank #26,599, classified as averb, pronounced [resisˈt̪ið̞o]. revestido is at rank #41,052, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞esˈt̪ið̞o].

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 67651, this pair ranks #36,580 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of resistido vs revestido

Shared letters: deiorst. Private to "resistido": -. Private to "revestido": v.

"resistido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "revestido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resistido ← ersistido · recistido · reisstido · resisitdo · resisstido · resistdio · resistiddo · resistiod
  • revestido ← ervestido · rebestido · reevstido · revesitdo · revesstido · revestdio · revestiddo · revestiod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "resistido" for "revestido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([resisˈt̪ið̞o] versus [reβ̞esˈt̪ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "resistido" vs "revestido" - which ranks higher?
"resistido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,599 in our Spanish list, against #41,052 for "revestido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "resistido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revestido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,580 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resistido" and "revestido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reventado vs revestido". 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 #36,580 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