remarvsreverWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#34,439
“remar” frequency rank
#6,115
“rever” frequency rank
40554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remar rever
Definition impelir (embarcação) com remos tornar a ver

Where the eye mixes remar and rever

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. remar and rever follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
remar
5 ch
rever

Visual trap between remar and rever

A purely visual mix-up. remar (/Rɨ.ˈmaɾ/) and rever (/Rɨ.ˈveɾ/) 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 40554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remar is recorded at frequency rank #34,439, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈmaɾ/. rever is at rank #6,115, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈveɾ/.

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 40554, this pair ranks #25,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remar vs rever

Shared letters: er. Private to "remar": am. Private to "rever": v.

"remar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "rever" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remar ← ermar · reamr · remarr · remmar · remra · rmear · rremar
  • rever ← erver · reevr · reverr · revre · revver · rrever · rveer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remar" and "rever" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/Rɨ.ˈmaɾ/ versus /Rɨ.ˈveɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remar" vs "rever" - which ranks higher?
"rever" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,115 in our Portuguese list, against #34,439 for "remar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remar" and "rever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remar vs rimar". 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 #25,519 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