Which to use
“revogação” and “revolução” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,134
- “revogação” frequency rank
- #1,627
- “revolução” frequency rank
- 18761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revogação | revolução |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | anulação, extinção | sublevação; retirada de um governo do poder pela força |
Where the eye mixes revogação and revolução
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. revogação and revolução follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between revogação and revolução
A purely visual mix-up. revogação (/Rɨ.vu.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and revolução (/ʀɨ.vu.lu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 18761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revogação is recorded at frequency rank #17,134, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.vu.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. revolução is at rank #1,627, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʀɨ.vu.lu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 18761, this pair ranks #52,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of revogação vs revolução
Shared letters: eorvãç. Private to "revogação": ag. Private to "revolução": lu.
"revogação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "revolução" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "revogação" and "revolução" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "revogação" or "revolução" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "revogação" and "revolução" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "revogação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revolução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revogação" and "revolução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revolução vs revolución". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.