Which to use
“recitar” and “revisar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,193
- “recitar” frequency rank
- #15,915
- “revisar” frequency rank
- 52108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recitar | revisar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dizer em voz alta e clara, lendo ou não | ver, examinar novamente |
Where the eye mixes recitar and revisar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recitar and revisar 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 recitar with revisar
A purely visual mix-up. recitar (/Rɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/) and revisar (/Rɨ.vi.ˈzaɾ/) 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 52108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recitar is recorded at frequency rank #36,193, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.si.ˈtaɾ/. revisar is at rank #15,915, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.vi.ˈzaɾ/.
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 52108, this pair ranks #13,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recitar vs revisar
Shared letters: aeir. Private to "recitar": ct. Private to "revisar": sv.
"recitar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revisar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recitar" and "revisar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "recitar" or "revisar" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recitar" and "revisar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recitar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revisar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recitar" and "revisar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recitar vs refinar". 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 #13,027 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.