retomadovsrevocadoConfusable pair

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

#42,129
“retomado” frequency rank
#38,947
“revocado” frequency rank
81076
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature retomado revocado
Definition Participio de retomar. Participio de revocar.

Where the eye mixes retomado and revocado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. retomado and revocado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
retomado
8 ch
revocado

Look-alike desk: retomado vs revocado

A purely visual mix-up. retomado ([ret̪oˈmað̞o]) and revocado ([reβ̞oˈkað̞o]) 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 81076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

retomado is recorded at frequency rank #42,129, classified as averb, pronounced [ret̪oˈmað̞o]. revocado is at rank #38,947, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞oˈkað̞o].

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 81076, this pair ranks #10,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of retomado vs revocado

Shared letters: adeor. Private to "retomado": mt. Private to "revocado": cv.

"retomado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "revocado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • retomado ← ertomado · reotmado · retmoado · retoamdo · retomaddo · retomaod · retomdao · retommado
  • revocado ← ervocado · rebocado · reovcado · revcoado · revoacdo · revocaddo · revocaod · revoccado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "retomado" and "revocado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ret̪oˈmað̞o] versus [reβ̞oˈkað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "retomado" vs "revocado" - which ranks higher?
"revocado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,947 in our Spanish list, against #42,129 for "retomado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "retomado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revocado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "retomado" and "revocado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retomado vs retoman". 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 #10,850 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