revistar

verb

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The verdict

“revistar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,806
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vasculhar em busca de algo

Corpus desk

Index PT-revistar · revistar · Portuguese

revistar · rank #25,806 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,806
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH retardar

Nearest frequency peer: retardar (-2 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 “revistar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “revistar” 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).

revistar vs restar
75% similar
revistar vs revista
88% similar
revistar vs revisão
63% similar

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

Key facts for revistar
PropertyValue
Headwordrevistar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,806
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “revistar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.revistarcai 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 “retardar” (#25,804), “rolezinho” (#25,811), “relutância” (#25,799). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “revistar” fica em #25,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around revistar, averb. Corpus frequency is #25,806 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for revistar, with forms such as "ervistar", "reivstar", and "revisatr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "restar", "revista", "revisão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is revistar, spelled R-E-V-I-S-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    vasculhar em busca de algo
  2. 2
    ser alvo de exame minucioso
  3. 3
    rever, reanalisar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ele foi revistado na entrada do aeroporto.
  2. Revistarei a tropa amanhã.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ervistar
  • reivstar
  • revisatr
  • revisstar
  • revistarr
  • revistra
  • revisttar
  • revitsar
  • revsitar
  • revvistar
  • rrevistar
  • rveistar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revistar - 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.

ervistar2reivstar2revisatr2revisstar1revistarr1revistra2revisttar1revitsar2
Edit distance from "revistar"

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 "revistar"?
"revistar" is spelled R-E-V-I-S-T-A-R.
What does "revistar" mean?
As a verb, "revistar" means: vasculhar em busca de algo
What words are commonly confused with "revistar"?
"revistar" is commonly confused with "restar", "revista", "revisão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "revistar" come from?
"revistar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retardar#25,804sandália#25,819pormenor#25,776academic#25,873

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

crocante12 variantsenunciado12 variantscronista12 variantsFebruary12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list