registarvsrevisarWhich spelling fits?

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.

8 ch
registar
7 ch
revisar

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

  • registar ← ergistar · reggistar · regisatr · regisstar · registra · registtar · regitsar · regsitar
  • revisar ← ervisar · reivsar · reviasr · revisarr · revisra · revissar · revsiar · revvisar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "registar" for "revisar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/Rɨ.ʒiʃ.ˈtaɾ/ versus /Rɨ.vi.ˈzaɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "registar" or "revisar" show up more?
"revisar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,915 in our Portuguese list, against #16,154 for "registar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list