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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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retomado" and "revocado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "retomado" vs "revocado" - which ranks higher?
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.