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

#9,195
“revelan” frequency rank
#39,437
“revelará” frequency rank
48632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revelan revelará
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de revelar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de revelar o de revelarse.

Where the eye mixes revelan and revelará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revelan runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against revelará's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
revelan
8 ch
revelará

Visual trap between revelan and revelará

A purely visual mix-up. revelan ([reˈβ̞elãn]) and revelará ([reβ̞elaˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revelan is recorded at frequency rank #9,195, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞elãn]. revelará is at rank #39,437, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞elaˈɾa].

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 48632, this pair ranks #113,382 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revelan vs revelará

Shared letters: aelrv. Private to "revelan": n. Private to "revelará": á.

"revelan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revelará" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revelan ← ervelan · rebelan · reevlan · revealn · revelann · revellan · revelna · revlean

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revelan" for "revelará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈβ̞elãn] versus [reβ̞elaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "revelan" or "revelará" show up more?
"revelan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,195 in our Spanish list, against #39,437 for "revelará". 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 "revelan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revelará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #113,382 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revelan" and "revelará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revelará vs revisará". 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 #113,382 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