reveladorvsrevelaronTell them apart

Quick tell: revelador is a adjective, revelaron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“revelador” is an adjective and “revelaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,035
“revelador” frequency rank
#21,822
“revelaron” frequency rank
46857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revelador revelaron
Definition Que muestra lo que antes se ignoraba o estaba oculto. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de revelar o de revelarse.

Where the eye mixes revelador and revelaron

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

9 ch
revelador
9 ch
revelaron

Visual trap between revelador and revelaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revelador is [reβ̞elaˈð̞oɾ] while revelaron is [reβ̞eˈlaɾõn]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revelador is recorded at frequency rank #25,035, classified as anadj, pronounced [reβ̞elaˈð̞oɾ]. revelaron is at rank #21,822, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞eˈlaɾõn].

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 46857, this pair ranks #123,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revelador vs revelaron

Shared letters: aelorv. Private to "revelador": d. Private to "revelaron": n.

"revelador" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "revelaron" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reveladorervelador · rebelador · reevlador · revealdor · reveladdor · reveladorr · reveladro · revelaodr
  • revelaronervelaron · reevlaron · revealron · revelaorn · revelarno · revelaronn · revelarron · revellaron

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revelador" and "revelaron" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revelador" is an adjective and "revelaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "revelador" or "revelaron" show up more?
"revelaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,822 in our Spanish list, against #25,035 for "revelador". 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 "revelador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revelaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revelador" and "revelaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revelador vs reveladores". 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 #123,350 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