revisévsreviveConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#35,239
“revisé” frequency rank
#30,236
“revive” frequency rank
65475
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revisé revive
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de revisar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de revivir.

Where the eye mixes revisé and revive

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. revisé and revive follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
revisé
6 ch
revive

Why the eye confuses revisé with revive

A purely visual mix-up. revisé ([reβ̞iˈse]) and revive ([reˈβ̞iβ̞e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revisé is recorded at frequency rank #35,239, classified as averb, pronounced [reβ̞iˈse]. revive is at rank #30,236, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞iβ̞e].

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 65475, this pair ranks #42,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revisé vs revive

Shared letters: eirv. Private to "revisé": sé. Private to "revive": -.

"revisé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "revive" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revive ← ervive · rebibe · reivve · reviev · revivve · revvie · revvive · rrevive

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revisé" and "revive" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reβ̞iˈse] versus [reˈβ̞iβ̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "revisé" or "revive" show up more?
"revive" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,236 in our Spanish list, against #35,239 for "revisé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "revisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revisé" and "revive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revisé 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 #42,537 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