revisadosvsrevisandoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: revisados is a participle, revisando is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“revisados” is a participle and “revisando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,386
“revisados” frequency rank
#12,472
“revisando” frequency rank
44858
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revisados revisando
Definition Forma del plural de revisado, participio de revisar. Gerundio de revisar.

Where the eye mixes revisados and revisando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
revisados
9 ch
revisando

Look-alike desk: revisados vs revisando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revisados is [reβ̞iˈsað̞os] while revisando is [reβ̞iˈsãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revisados is recorded at frequency rank #32,386, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reβ̞iˈsað̞os]. revisando is at rank #12,472, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞iˈsãn̪d̪o].

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 44858, this pair ranks #134,726 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revisados vs revisando

Shared letters: adeiorsv. Private to "revisados": -. Private to "revisando": n.

"revisados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "revisando" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revisadoservisados · rebisados · reivsados · reviasdos · revisaddos · revisadoss · revisadso · revisaods
  • revisandoervisando · rebisando · reivsando · reviasndo · revisadno · revisanddo · revisanndo · revisanod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revisados" for "revisando" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revisados" is a participle and "revisando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "revisados" vs "revisando" - which ranks higher?
"revisando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,472 in our Spanish list, against #32,386 for "revisados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revisados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revisando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,726 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revisados" and "revisando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revisados vs revisas". 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 #134,726 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