RevillavsrevistaTell them apart

Quick tell: Revilla is a name, revista is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Revilla” is a name and “revista” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,822
“Revilla” frequency rank
#1,125
“revista” frequency rank
30947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Revilla revista
Definition Apellido. Vista o examen minucioso que se hace después de uno inicial y breve; segunda vista.

Where the eye mixes Revilla and revista

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

7 ch
Revilla
7 ch
revista

Visual trap between Revilla and revista

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Revilla is [reˈβ̞iʝa] while revista is [reˈβ̞ist̪a]. 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 (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Revilla is recorded at frequency rank #29,822, classified as aname, pronounced [reˈβ̞iʝa]. revista is at rank #1,125, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈβ̞ist̪a].

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 30947, this pair ranks #209,545 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Revilla vs revista

Shared letters: aeirv. Private to "Revilla": l. Private to "revista": st.

"Revilla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "revista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Revillaervilla · rebilla · reivlla · revila · revilal · revlila · revvilla · rrevilla
  • revistaervista · rebista · reivsta · revisat · revissta · revistta · revitsa · revsita

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Revilla" for "revista" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Revilla" is a name and "revista" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Revilla" vs "revista" - which ranks higher?
"revista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,125 in our Spanish list, against #29,822 for "Revilla". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Revilla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #209,545 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Revilla" and "revista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recicla vs Revilla". 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 #209,545 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