revelaronvsrevelarseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#21,822
“revelaron” frequency rank
#46,185
“revelarse” frequency rank
68007
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revelaron revelarse
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de revelar o de revelarse. Hacerse patente o manifiesto lo que antes estaba oculto, en secreto, o que la mayoría de la gente no conocía.

Where the eye mixes revelaron and revelarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. revelaron (CVCVCVCVC) and revelarse (CVCVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
revelaron
9 ch
revelarse

Visual trap between revelaron and revelarse

A purely visual mix-up. revelaron ([reβ̞eˈlaɾõn]) and revelarse ([reβ̞eˈlaɾse]) 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 68007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revelaron is recorded at frequency rank #21,822, classified as averb, pronounced [reβ̞eˈlaɾõn]. revelarse is at rank #46,185, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞eˈlaɾse].

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 68007, this pair ranks #35,636 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revelaron vs revelarse

Shared letters: aelrv. Private to "revelaron": no. Private to "revelarse": s.

"revelaron" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "revelarse" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revelaronervelaron · reevlaron · revealron · revelaorn · revelarno · revelaronn · revelarron · revellaron
  • revelarseervelarse · reevlarse · revealrse · revelarce · revelares · revelarrse · revelarsse · revelasre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revelaron" and "revelarse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reβ̞eˈlaɾõn] versus [reβ̞eˈlaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "revelaron" vs "revelarse" - which ranks higher?
"revelaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,822 in our Spanish list, against #46,185 for "revelarse". 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 "revelaron" and "revelarse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revelaron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revelarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,636 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revelaron" and "revelarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revelará vs revelarse". 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 #35,636 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