Which to use
“regulação” and “revelação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,677
- “regulação” frequency rank
- #5,683
- “revelação” frequency rank
- 14360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regulação | revelação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de regular | ato ou efeito de revelar |
Where the eye mixes regulação and revelação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regulação and revelação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between regulação and revelação
A purely visual mix-up. regulação (/Rɨ.ɡu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and revelação (/Rɨ.vɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 14360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regulação is recorded at frequency rank #8,677, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ɡu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. revelação is at rank #5,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.vɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 14360, this pair ranks #57,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regulação vs revelação
Shared letters: aelorãç. Private to "regulação": gu. Private to "revelação": v.
"regulação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "revelação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regulação" for "revelação" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regulação" or "revelação"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regulação" and "revelação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regulação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revelação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regulação" and "revelação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revelação vs revogação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #57,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.