revisarvsrevisorTell them apart

Quick tell: revisar is a verb, revisor is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#15,915
“revisar” frequency rank
#33,590
“revisor” frequency rank
49505
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature revisar revisor
Definition ver, examinar novamente que revê

Letter map: revisar vs revisor

Shared letters muted; letters that set revisar and revisor apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. revisar and revisor follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
revisar
7 ch
revisor

Part-of-speech tell for revisar / revisor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: revisar is averb and revisoranadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “revisar” becomes o in “revisor”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revisar is recorded at frequency rank #15,915, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.vi.ˈzaɾ/. revisor is at rank #33,590, tagged as anadj.

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 49505, this pair ranks #15,495 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revisar vs revisor

Shared letters: eirsv. Private to "revisar": a. Private to "revisor": o.

"revisar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "revisor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • revisar ← ervisar · reivsar · reviasr · revisarr · revisra · revissar · revsiar · revvisar
  • revisor ← ervisor · reivsor · reviosr · revisorr · revisro · revissor · revsior · revvisor

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revisar" and "revisor" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "revisar" is a verb and "revisor" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "revisar" vs "revisor" - which ranks higher?
"revisar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,915 in our Portuguese list, against #33,590 for "revisor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "revisar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revisor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,495 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "revisar" and "revisor" 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 #15,495 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