Which to use
“revista” and “revolta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #836
- “revista” frequency rank
- #3,358
- “revolta” frequency rank
- 4194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revista | revolta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de revistar | manifestação (armada ou não) contra autoridade estabelecida |
Where the eye mixes revista and revolta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. revista and revolta follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: revista vs revolta
A purely visual mix-up. revista (/Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/) and revolta (/χe.ˈvɔw.tɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revista is recorded at frequency rank #836, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈviʃ.tɐ/. revolta is at rank #3,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced /χe.ˈvɔw.tɐ/.
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 4194, this pair ranks #70,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of revista vs revolta
Shared letters: aertv. Private to "revista": is. Private to "revolta": lo.
"revista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revolta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "revista" for "revolta" ever safe?
Frequency check: "revista" vs "revolta" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "revista" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revolta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revista" and "revolta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revelia vs revolta". 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 #70,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.