resuelvevsrevuelveWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#8,583
“resuelve” frequency rank
#34,321
“revuelve” frequency rank
42904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resuelve revuelve
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de resolver o de resolverse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de revolver.

Where the eye mixes resuelve and revuelve

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

8 ch
resuelve
8 ch
revuelve

Visual trap between resuelve and revuelve

A purely visual mix-up. resuelve ([reˈswelβ̞e]) and revuelve ([reˈβ̞welβ̞e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “resuelve” becomes v in “revuelve”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resuelve is recorded at frequency rank #8,583, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈswelβ̞e]. revuelve is at rank #34,321, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞welβ̞e].

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 42904, this pair ranks #145,644 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resuelve vs revuelve

Shared letters: elruv. Private to "resuelve": s. Private to "revuelve": -.

"resuelve" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "revuelve" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resuelveersuelve · reseulve · ressuelve · resuelbe · resuelev · resuellve · resuelvve · resuevle
  • revuelveervuelve · rebuelbe · reuvelve · reveulve · revuelev · revuellve · revuelvve · revuevle

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "resuelve" for "revuelve" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈswelβ̞e] versus [reˈβ̞welβ̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "resuelve" or "revuelve"?
"resuelve" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,583 in our Spanish list, against #34,321 for "revuelve". 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 "resuelve" and "revuelve" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "resuelve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revuelve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,644 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resuelve" and "revuelve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remueve vs revuelve". 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 #145,644 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