retiramosvsrevisamosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#37,836
“retiramos” frequency rank
#31,101
“revisamos” frequency rank
68937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature retiramos revisamos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de retirar o de retirarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de revisar.

Where the eye mixes retiramos and revisamos

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

9 ch
retiramos
9 ch
revisamos

Visual trap between retiramos and revisamos

A purely visual mix-up. retiramos ([ret̪iˈɾamos]) and revisamos ([reβ̞iˈsamos]) 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 68937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

retiramos is recorded at frequency rank #37,836, classified as averb, pronounced [ret̪iˈɾamos]. revisamos is at rank #31,101, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞iˈsamos].

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 68937, this pair ranks #33,261 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of retiramos vs revisamos

Shared letters: aeimors. Private to "retiramos": t. Private to "revisamos": v.

"retiramos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "revisamos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • retiramosertiramos · reitramos · retiarmos · retirammos · retiramoss · retiramso · retiraoms · retirmaos
  • revisamoservisamos · rebisamos · reivsamos · reviasmos · revisammos · revisamoss · revisamso · revisaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "retiramos" for "revisamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ret̪iˈɾamos] versus [reβ̞iˈsamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "retiramos" vs "revisamos" - which ranks higher?
"revisamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,101 in our Spanish list, against #37,836 for "retiramos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "retiramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revisamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,261 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "retiramos" and "revisamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recibamos vs retiramos". 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 #33,261 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