reveladovsrevocadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: revelado is a noun, revocado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“revelado” is a noun and “revocado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,210
“revelado” frequency rank
#38,947
“revocado” frequency rank
49157
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revelado revocado
Definition Proceso o efecto de hacer visible (revelar) una imagen fotográfica. Participio de revocar.

Where the eye mixes revelado and revocado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revelado 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
revelado
8 ch
revocado

Why the eye confuses revelado with revocado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revelado is [reβ̞eˈlað̞o] while revocado is [reβ̞oˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revelado is recorded at frequency rank #10,210, classified as anoun, pronounced [reβ̞eˈlað̞o]. 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 49157, this pair ranks #110,416 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revelado vs revocado

Shared letters: adeorv. Private to "revelado": l. Private to "revocado": c.

"revelado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "revocado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reveladoervelado · rebelado · reevlado · revealdo · reveladdo · revelaod · reveldao · revellado
  • revocadoervocado · rebocado · reovcado · revcoado · revoacdo · revocaddo · revocaod · revoccado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revelado" and "revocado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revelado" is a noun and "revocado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "revelado" vs "revocado" - which ranks higher?
"revelado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,210 in our Spanish list, against #38,947 for "revocado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "revelado" and "revocado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revelado" 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 #110,416 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revelado" and "revocado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retomado vs revocado". 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 #110,416 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