Which to use
“revolución” is a noun and “revolucionar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,541
- “revolución” frequency rank
- #31,538
- “revolucionar” frequency rank
- 78079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | revolución | revolucionar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | revolução, em seus vários sentidos: | instigar à revolta |
Letter map: revolución vs revolucionar
Shared letters muted; letters that set revolución and revolucionar apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. revolución runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against revolucionar's 12 (CVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for revolución / revolucionar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: revolución is anoun and revolucionaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
revolución is recorded at frequency rank #46,541, classified as anoun. revolucionar is at rank #31,538, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.vu.lu.sju.ˈnaɾ/.
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 78079, this pair ranks #1,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of revolución vs revolucionar
Shared letters: ceilnoruv. Private to "revolución": ó. Private to "revolucionar": a.
"revolución" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "revolucionar" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- revolucionar ← ervolucionar · reovlucionar · revloucionar · revolcuionar · revollucionar · revoluccionar · revolucinoar · revolucioanr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "revolución" and "revolucionar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
Pair "revolución" vs "revolucionar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "revolución" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revolucionar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "revolución" and "revolucionar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resolution vs revolución". 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 #1,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.