revisãovsrevisarConfusable pair

Quick tell: revisão is a noun, revisar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#2,395
“revisão” frequency rank
#15,915
“revisar” frequency rank
18310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revisão revisar
Definition ato ou efeito de rever, de ver minuciosamente ver, examinar novamente

Letter map: revisão vs revisar

Shared letters muted; letters that set revisão and revisar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. revisão (CVCVCVV) and revisar (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
revisão
7 ch
revisar

Grammar separator: revisão vs revisar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: revisão is anoun and revisaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revisão is recorded at frequency rank #2,395, classified as anoun. 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 18310, this pair ranks #52,710 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of revisão vs revisar

Shared letters: eirsv. Private to "revisão": oã. Private to "revisar": a.

"revisão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "revisar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revisar ← ervisar · reivsar · reviasr · revisarr · revisra · revissar · revsiar · revvisar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revisão" and "revisar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revisão" is a noun and "revisar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "revisão" or "revisar" show up more?
"revisão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,395 in our Portuguese list, against #15,915 for "revisar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "revisão" vs "revisar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "revisão" 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 #52,710 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revisão" 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 #52,710 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