resista vs revista, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“resista” is a verb and “revista” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,254
“resista” frequency rank: #836
“revista” frequency rank: 28090
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	resista	revista
Definition	primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo resistir	ato ou efeito de revistar

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set resista and revista apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

resista

7 ch

revista

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: resista is /χe.ˈzis.tɐ/ while revista is /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “resista” becomes v in “revista”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resista is recorded at frequency rank #27,254, classified as averb, pronounced /χe.ˈzis.tɐ/. 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 28090, this pair ranks #40,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resista vs revista

Shared letters: aeirst. Private to "resista": -. Private to "revista": v.

"resista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

resista ← ersista · reissta · resisat · resissta · resistta · resitsa · ressista · ressita
revista ← ervista · reivsta · revisat · revissta · revistta · revitsa · revsita · revvista

Frequency comparison

resista#27,254

revista#836

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "resista" and "revista" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "resista" is a verb and "revista" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "resista" or "revista"?

"revista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #836 in our Portuguese list, against #27,254 for "resista". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering resista vs revista

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “resista”; for a noun, it's “revista”.
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