revista

/Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/

//Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ// noun

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The verdict

“revista” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#836
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de revistar

Corpus desk

Index PT-revista · revista · Portuguese

revista · rank #836 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #836
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH responsável

Nearest frequency peer: responsável (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “revista”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “revista” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

revista vs revolta
71% similar
revista vs revistar
88% similar
revista vs revisão
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for revista
PropertyValue
Headwordrevista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#836
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “revista”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).revistacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “responsável” (#835), “senhora” (#837), “prisão” (#834). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “revista” fica em #836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around revista (IPA /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #836 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for revista, with forms such as "ervista", "reivsta", and "revisat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "revolta", "revistar", "revisão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is revista, spelled R-E-V-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de revistar
  2. 2
    exame minucioso; inspeção
  3. 3
    título de certas publicações periódicas
  4. 4
    peça teatral de crítica a fatos, costumes e a pessoas conhecidas
  5. 5
    exame minucioso normalmente feito por agente de órgãos ou forças de segurança pública do Estado com prerrogativa para tal que consiste em apalpar, buscando sentir por meio do tato sobre a roupa no corpo de outra pessoa a presença de algo que possa ser ilegal, proibido pela lei ou produto de ilícito em sua posse
  6. 6
    exame minucioso de um prédio ou local

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how revista appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Amanhã chega o general para a revista anual das tropas.
  2. "Veja" é uma revista semanal brasileira.

Synonyms

baculejo

This word in other languages

magazine(English)revista(Español)magazine(Français)Zeitschrift(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ervista
  • reivsta
  • revisat
  • revissta
  • revistta
  • revitsa
  • revsita
  • revvista
  • rrevista
  • rveista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revista - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ervista2reivsta2revisat2revissta1revistta1revitsa2revsita2revvista1
Edit distance from "revista"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "revista"?
"revista" is spelled R-E-V-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/.
What does "revista" mean?
As a noun, "revista" means: ato ou efeito de revistar
What words are commonly confused with "revista"?
"revista" is commonly confused with "revolta", "revistar", "revisão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "revista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "revista" is /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "revista" come from?
"revista" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "revista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

senhora#837popular#831opinião#874domingo#889

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

associação10 variantschamada10 variantsmercado10 variantsreceber10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list