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.
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?
Frequency check: "relação" vs "revelação" - which ranks higher?
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.