Which to use
“retirar” and “revisar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,041
- “retirar” frequency rank
- #15,915
- “revisar” frequency rank
- 18956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retirar | revisar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pôr fora da presença de alguém ou do sítio (regência verbal com preposição: de) | ver, examinar novamente |
Where the eye mixes retirar and revisar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. retirar and revisar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: retirar vs revisar
A purely visual mix-up. retirar (/Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/) and revisar (/Rɨ.vi.ˈzaɾ/) 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 18956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retirar is recorded at frequency rank #3,041, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/. revisar is at rank #15,915, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.vi.ˈzaɾ/.
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 18956, this pair ranks #51,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of retirar vs revisar
Shared letters: aeir. Private to "retirar": t. Private to "revisar": sv.
"retirar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revisar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "retirar" for "revisar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "retirar" vs "revisar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "retirar" and "revisar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retirar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revisar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retirar" and "revisar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refinar vs revisar". 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 #51,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.