Which to use
“registo” and “revista” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,248
- “registo” frequency rank
- #836
- “revista” frequency rank
- 6084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | registo | revista |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de registar (registrar) | ato ou efeito de revistar |
Where the eye mixes registo and revista
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. registo and revista follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses registo with revista
A purely visual mix-up. registo (/Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/) and revista (/Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/) 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 6084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
registo is recorded at frequency rank #5,248, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/. revista is at rank #836, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/.
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 6084, this pair ranks #68,409 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of registo vs revista
Shared letters: eirst. Private to "registo": go. Private to "revista": av.
"registo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "registo" for "revista" ever safe?
Frequency check: "registo" vs "revista" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "registo" and "revista" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "registo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,409 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "registo" and "revista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revisor vs revista". 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 #68,409 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.