racista vs revista, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#6,805
“racista” frequency rank: #836
“revista” frequency rank: 7641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	racista	revista
Definition	que acredita que uma dada raça é superior às outras	ato ou efeito de revistar

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set racista and revista apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

racista

7 ch

revista

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: racista is /Ra.ˈsiʃ.tɐ/ while revista is /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

racista is recorded at frequency rank #6,805, classified as anadj, pronounced /Ra.ˈsiʃ.tɐ/. revista is at rank #836, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/.

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 7641, this pair ranks #66,458 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of racista vs revista

Shared letters: airst. Private to "racista": c. Private to "revista": ev.

"racista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

racista ← arcista · raccista · racisat · racissta · racistta · racitsa · racsita · raicsta
revista ← ervista · reivsta · revisat · revissta · revistta · revitsa · revsita · revvista

Frequency comparison

racista#6,805

revista#836

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "racista" and "revista" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "racista" is an adjective and "revista" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "racista" or "revista"?

"revista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #836 in our Portuguese list, against #6,805 for "racista". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering racista vs revista

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “racista”; for a noun, it's “revista”.
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