revocadavsrevocadoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#41,612
“revocada” frequency rank
#38,947
“revocado” frequency rank
80559
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revocada revocado
Definition Forma del femenino de revocado, participio de revocar. Participio de revocar.

Where the eye mixes revocada and revocado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. revocada and revocado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
revocada
8 ch
revocado

Visual trap between revocada and revocado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: revocada is [reβ̞oˈkað̞a] while revocado is [reβ̞oˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “revocada” becomes o in “revocado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revocada is recorded at frequency rank #41,612, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reβ̞oˈkað̞a]. revocado is at rank #38,947, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞oˈkað̞o].

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 80559, this pair ranks #11,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revocada vs revocado

Shared letters: acdeorv. Private to "revocada": -. Private to "revocado": -.

"revocada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "revocado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revocada ← ervocada · rebocada · reovcada · revcoada · revoacda · revocaad · revocadda · revoccada
  • revocado ← ervocado · rebocado · reovcado · revcoado · revoacdo · revocaddo · revocaod · revoccado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "revocada" for "revocado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revocada" is a participle and "revocado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "revocada" or "revocado"?
"revocado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,947 in our Spanish list, against #41,612 for "revocada". 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 "revocada" and "revocado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revocada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revocado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revocada" and "revocado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retomado vs revocado". 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 #11,484 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