registovsrevistaWhat's the difference?

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.

7 ch
registo
7 ch
revista

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

  • registo ← ergisto · reggisto · regisot · regissto · registto · regitso · regsito · reigsto
  • revista ← ervista · reivsta · revisat · revissta · revistta · revitsa · revsita · revvista

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "registo" for "revista" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/ versus /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "registo" vs "revista" - which ranks higher?
"revista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #836 in our Portuguese list, against #5,248 for "registo". 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 "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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list