Which to use
“registar” and “revisar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,154
- “registar” frequency rank
- #15,915
- “revisar” frequency rank
- 32069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | registar | revisar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | anotar fatos por escrito; efetuar lançamentos em livros públicos | ver, examinar novamente |
Where the eye mixes registar and revisar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. registar runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against revisar's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between registar and revisar
A purely visual mix-up. registar (/Rɨ.ʒiʃ.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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
registar is recorded at frequency rank #16,154, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ʒiʃ.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 32069, this pair ranks #35,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of registar vs revisar
Shared letters: aeirs. Private to "registar": gt. Private to "revisar": v.
"registar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "revisar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "registar" for "revisar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "registar" or "revisar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "registar" and "revisar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "registar" 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 #35,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "registar" and "revisar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refinar vs revisar". 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 #35,842 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.