Which to use
“revisão” is a noun and “revistar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,395
- “revisão” frequency rank
- #25,806
- “revistar” frequency rank
- 28201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revisão | revistar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de rever, de ver minuciosamente | vasculhar em busca de algo |
Letter map: revisão vs revistar
Shared letters muted; letters that set revisão and revistar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. revisão runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against revistar's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - revisão and revistar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: revisão is anoun and revistaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revisão is recorded at frequency rank #2,395, classified as anoun. revistar is at rank #25,806, tagged as averb.
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 28201, this pair ranks #40,639 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revisão vs revistar
Shared letters: eirsv. Private to "revisão": oã. Private to "revistar": at.
"revisão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "revistar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revistar ← ervistar · reivstar · revisatr · revisstar · revistarr · revistra · revisttar · revitsar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revisão" and "revistar" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "revisão" or "revistar" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "revisão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revistar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,639 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revisão" and "revistar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recitar vs revistar". 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 #40,639 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.