Which to use
“revelação” and “revolução” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,683
- “revelação” frequency rank
- #1,627
- “revolução” frequency rank
- 7310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revelação | revolução |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de revelar | sublevação; retirada de um governo do poder pela força |
Where the eye mixes revelação and revolução
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. revelação and revolução follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: revelação vs revolução
A purely visual mix-up. revelação (/Rɨ.vɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and revolução (/ʀɨ.vu.lu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 7310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revelação is recorded at frequency rank #5,683, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.vɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. revolução is at rank #1,627, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʀɨ.vu.lu.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 7310, this pair ranks #66,849 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of revelação vs revolução
Shared letters: elorvãç. Private to "revelação": a. Private to "revolução": u.
"revelação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "revolução" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revelação" and "revolução" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "revelação" or "revolução"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "revelação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revolução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,849 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revelação" and "revolução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revolução vs revolución". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #66,849 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.