revoluçãovsrevoluciónConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
revolução
10 ch
revolución

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

Do "revolução" and "revolución" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "revolução" or "revolución" show up more?
"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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list