revelanvsrevisanTell them apart

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

#9,195
“revelan” frequency rank
#25,036
“revisan” frequency rank
34231
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revelan revisan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de revelar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de revisar.

Where the eye mixes revelan and revisan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revelan and revisan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
revelan
7 ch
revisan

Why the eye confuses revelan with revisan

A purely visual mix-up. revelan ([reˈβ̞elãn]) and revisan ([reˈβ̞isãn]) 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 34231, 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]. revisan is at rank #25,036, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞isãn].

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 34231, this pair ranks #192,550 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revelan vs revisan

Shared letters: aenrv. Private to "revelan": l. Private to "revisan": is.

"revelan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revisan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revelan ← ervelan · rebelan · reevlan · revealn · revelann · revellan · revelna · revlean
  • revisan ← ervisan · rebisan · reivsan · reviasn · revisann · revisna · revissan · revsian

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revelan" and "revisan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈβ̞elãn] versus [reˈβ̞isãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "revelan" or "revisan"?
"revelan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,195 in our Spanish list, against #25,036 for "revisan". 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 "revelan" and "revisan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revelan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revisan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,550 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revelan" and "revisan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revisan vs reviste". 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 #192,550 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