recitarvsrevistarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“recitar” and “revistar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,193
“recitar” frequency rank
#25,806
“revistar” frequency rank
61999
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recitar revistar
Definition dizer em voz alta e clara, lendo ou não vasculhar em busca de algo

Letter map: recitar vs revistar

Shared letters muted; letters that set recitar and revistar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

7 ch
recitar
8 ch
revistar

Corpus notes: recitar and revistar

recitar and revistar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61999, 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/. revistar is at rank #25,806, tagged as averb.

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 61999, this pair ranks #6,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recitar vs revistar

Shared letters: aeirt. Private to "recitar": c. Private to "revistar": sv.

"recitar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revistar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recitarercitar · rceitar · reccitar · reciatr · recitarr · recitra · recittar · rectiar
  • revistarervistar · reivstar · revisatr · revisstar · revistarr · revistra · revisttar · revitsar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recitar" and "revistar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "recitar" vs "revistar" - which ranks higher?
"revistar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,806 in our Portuguese list, against #36,193 for "recitar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "recitar" and "revistar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recitar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revistar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recitar" and "revistar" 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 #6,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list