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: |
Letter map: revolução vs revolución
Shared letters muted; letters that set revolução and revolución apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. revolução runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against revolución's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on revolução vs revolución
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "revolução" and "revolución".
- Full dictionary entry for "revolução" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revolución" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revolução" and "revolución" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resolution vs revolución". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #17,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.