Which to use
“rebolar” and “revelar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,192
- “rebolar” frequency rank
- #4,516
- “revelar” frequency rank
- 40708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rebolar | revelar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fazer mover como uma bola | tirar o véu a |
Where the eye mixes rebolar and revelar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rebolar and revelar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rebolar with revelar
A purely visual mix-up. rebolar (/Rɨ.bu.ˈlaɾ/) and revelar (/Rɨ.vɨ.ˈlaɾ/) 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 40708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rebolar is recorded at frequency rank #36,192, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.bu.ˈlaɾ/. revelar is at rank #4,516, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.vɨ.ˈlaɾ/.
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 40708, this pair ranks #25,361 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rebolar vs revelar
Shared letters: aelr. Private to "rebolar": bo. Private to "revelar": v.
"rebolar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revelar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rebolar" and "revelar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rebolar" or "revelar" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rebolar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revelar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,361 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rebolar" and "revelar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebolar vs revogar". 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 #25,361 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.