relaçãovsrevelaçãoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“relação” and “revelação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#381
“relação” frequency rank
#5,683
“revelação” frequency rank
6064
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relação revelação
Definition relacionamento ato ou efeito de revelar

Letter map: relação vs revelação

Shared letters muted; letters that set relação and revelação apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. relação runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against revelação's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
relação
9 ch
revelação

Pair insight - relação / revelação

relação and revelação are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relação is recorded at frequency rank #381, classified as anoun. 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 6064, this pair ranks #68,442 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of relação vs revelação

Shared letters: aelorãç. Private to "relação": -. Private to "revelação": v.

"relação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "revelação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "relação" and "revelação" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "relação" vs "revelação" - which ranks higher?
"relação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #381 in our Portuguese list, against #5,683 for "revelação". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "relação" and "revelação". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relação" 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 #68,442 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relação" and "revelação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refração vs relação". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #68,442 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