Which to use
“rever” is a verb and “revés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,115
- “rever” frequency rank
- #28,766
- “revés” frequency rank
- 34881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rever | revés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tornar a ver | infortúnio |
Where the eye mixes rever and revés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rever and revés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: rever vs revés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rever is /Rɨ.ˈveɾ/ while revés is /Rɨ.ˈvɛʃ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rever is recorded at frequency rank #6,115, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈveɾ/. revés is at rank #28,766, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈvɛʃ/.
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 34881, this pair ranks #32,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rever vs revés
Shared letters: erv. Private to "rever": -. Private to "revés": sé.
"rever" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "revés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rever ← erver · reevr · reverr · revre · revver · rrever · rveer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rever" for "revés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rever" vs "revés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rever" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rever" and "revés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reles vs revés". 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 #32,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.