revisanvsrevivalWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: revisan is a verb, revival is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“revisan” is a verb and “revival” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,036
“revisan” frequency rank
#46,187
“revival” frequency rank
71223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revisan revival
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de revisar. Obra que continúa una saga muy vieja, con los mismos personajes y retomando desde el punto en el que se había terminado la saga.

Where the eye mixes revisan and revival

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

7 ch
revisan
7 ch
revival

Why the eye confuses revisan with revival

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revisan is [reˈβ̞isãn] while revival is [riˈβ̞ajβ̞al]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revisan is recorded at frequency rank #25,036, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞isãn]. revival is at rank #46,187, tagged as anoun, pronounced [riˈβ̞ajβ̞al].

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 71223, this pair ranks #27,963 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revisan vs revival

Shared letters: aeirv. Private to "revisan": ns. Private to "revival": l.

"revisan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revival" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revisan ← ervisan · rebisan · reivsan · reviasn · revisann · revisna · revissan · revsian
  • revival ← ervival · rebibal · reivval · reviavl · revivall · revivla · revivval · revvial

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revisan" and "revival" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revisan" is a verb and "revival" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "revisan" or "revival"?
"revisan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,036 in our Spanish list, against #46,187 for "revival". 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 "revisan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revival" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,963 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revisan" and "revival" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revisas vs revival". 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 #27,963 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