revolução vs revolución, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“revolução” and “revolución” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,627
“revolução” frequency rank: #46,541
“revolución” frequency rank: 48168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	revolução	revolución
Definition	sublevação; retirada de um governo do poder pela força	revolução, em seus vários sentidos:

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set revolução and revolución apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch

revolução

10 ch

revolución

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

revolução and revolución are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

revolução is recorded at frequency rank #1,627, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʀɨ.vu.lu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. revolución is at rank #46,541, tagged as anoun.

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 48168, this pair ranks #17,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of revolução vs revolución

Shared letters: eloruv. Private to "revolução": ãç. Private to "revolución": cinó.

"revolução" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "revolución" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

revolução#1,627

revolución#46,541

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "revolução" and "revolución" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "revolução" or "revolución"?

"revolução" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,627 in our Portuguese list, against #46,541 for "revolución". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering revolução vs revolución

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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