revisarvsrevisasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,442
“revisar” frequency rank
#44,424
“revisas” frequency rank
47866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revisar revisas
Definition Mirar atentamente Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de revisar.

Where the eye mixes revisar and revisas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revisar and revisas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
revisar
7 ch
revisas

Visual trap between revisar and revisas

A purely visual mix-up. revisar ([reβ̞iˈsaɾ]) and revisas ([reˈβ̞isas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “revisar” becomes s in “revisas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revisar is recorded at frequency rank #3,442, classified as averb, pronounced [reβ̞iˈsaɾ]. revisas is at rank #44,424, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞isas].

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 47866, this pair ranks #117,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revisar vs revisas

Shared letters: aeirsv. Private to "revisar": -. Private to "revisas": -.

"revisar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revisas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revisar ← ervisar · rebisar · reivsar · reviasr · revisarr · revisra · revissar · revsiar
  • revisas ← ervisas · rebisas · reivsas · reviass · revisass · revissas · revsias · revvisas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "revisar" and "revisas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reβ̞iˈsaɾ] versus [reˈβ̞isas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "revisar" vs "revisas" - which ranks higher?
"revisar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,442 in our Spanish list, against #44,424 for "revisas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revisar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revisas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revisar" and "revisas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revisas 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 #117,652 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