revelaciónvsrevoluciónConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,352
“revelación” frequency rank
#1,002
“revolución” frequency rank
8354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revelación revolución
Definition Acción o efecto de revelar o revelarse. Derrocamiento y sustitución completa del regimén o del sistema político establecido por parte de la gente gobernada.

Where the eye mixes revelación and revolución

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. revelación and revolución follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
revelación
10 ch
revolución

Why the eye confuses revelación with revolución

A purely visual mix-up. revelación ([reβ̞elaˈsjõn]) and revolución ([reβ̞oluˈsjõn]) 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 8354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revelación is recorded at frequency rank #7,352, classified as anoun, pronounced [reβ̞elaˈsjõn]. revolución is at rank #1,002, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reβ̞oluˈsjõn].

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 8354, this pair ranks #305,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of revelación vs revolución

Shared letters: ceilnrvó. Private to "revelación": a. Private to "revolución": ou.

"revelación" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC  ·  "revolución" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revelación" for "revolución" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reβ̞elaˈsjõn] versus [reβ̞oluˈsjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "revelación" vs "revolución" - which ranks higher?
"revolución" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,002 in our Spanish list, against #7,352 for "revelación". 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 "revelación" and "revolución" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revelación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revolución" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revelación" and "revolución" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revolución vs revolucionar". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #305,236 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