revisasvsrevistaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,424
“revisas” frequency rank
#1,125
“revista” frequency rank
45549
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revisas revista
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de revisar. Vista o examen minucioso que se hace después de uno inicial y breve; segunda vista.

Where the eye mixes revisas and revista

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. revisas (CVCVCVC) and revista (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
revisas
7 ch
revista

Why the eye confuses revisas with revista

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revisas is [reˈβ̞isas] 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revisas is recorded at frequency rank #44,424, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞isas]. 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 45549, this pair ranks #130,837 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revisas vs revista

Shared letters: aeirsv. Private to "revisas": -. Private to "revista": t.

"revisas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revisas ← ervisas · rebisas · reivsas · reviass · revisass · revissas · revsias · revvisas
  • revista ← ervista · rebista · reivsta · revisat · revissta · revistta · revitsa · revsita

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revisas" for "revista" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revisas" is a verb and "revista" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "revisas" or "revista"?
"revista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,125 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "revisas" 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 #130,837 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revisas" and "revista" 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 #130,837 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