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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "resuelve" for "revuelve" ever safe?
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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.