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

#17,275
“resueltos” frequency rank
#14,698
“revueltas” frequency rank
31973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resueltos revueltas
Definition Forma del plural de resuelto, participio de resolver o de resolverse. Forma del femenino plural de revuelto, participio de revolver.

Where the eye mixes resueltos and revueltas

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

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resueltos
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Look-alike desk: resueltos vs revueltas

A purely visual mix-up. resueltos ([reˈswel̪t̪os]) and revueltas ([reˈβ̞wel̪t̪as]) 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 31973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resueltos is recorded at frequency rank #17,275, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈswel̪t̪os]. revueltas is at rank #14,698, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈβ̞wel̪t̪as].

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 31973, this pair ranks #204,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resueltos vs revueltas

Shared letters: elrstu. Private to "resueltos": o. Private to "revueltas": av.

"resueltos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC  ·  "revueltas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resueltosersueltos · reseultos · ressueltos · resuelltos · resuelots · resueltoss · resueltso · resuelttos
  • revueltaservueltas · rebueltas · reuveltas · reveultas · revuelats · revuelltas · revueltass · revueltsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resueltos" and "revueltas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈswel̪t̪os] versus [reˈβ̞wel̪t̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "resueltos" vs "revueltas" - which ranks higher?
"revueltas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,698 in our Spanish list, against #17,275 for "resueltos". 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 "resueltos" and "revueltas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "resueltos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revueltas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resueltos" and "revueltas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resueltos vs resultas". 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 #204,368 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