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.
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?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "revisão" or "revisar" show up more?
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.