Which to use
“revisor” is an adjective and “revistar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,590
- “revisor” frequency rank
- #25,806
- “revistar” frequency rank
- 59396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revisor | revistar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que revê | vasculhar em busca de algo |
Letter map: revisor vs revistar
Shared letters muted; letters that set revisor and revistar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for revisor / revistar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: revisor is anadjective and revistaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revisor is recorded at frequency rank #33,590, classified as anadj. 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 59396, this pair ranks #8,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revisor vs revistar
Shared letters: eirsv. Private to "revisor": o. Private to "revistar": at.
"revisor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revistar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revisor" for "revistar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "revisor" vs "revistar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "revisor" vs "revistar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "revisor" 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 #8,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revisor" 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 #8,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.