RadavsremaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Rada is a name, rema is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rada” is a name and “rema” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,566
“Rada” frequency rank
#45,570
“rema” frequency rank
69136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rada rema
Definition Apellido. En la gramática discursiva, parte de la oración que desarrolla el asunto al que el discurso ya hacía referencia, llamado por contraposición tema. En la mayoría de los casos coincide con la información nueva aportada por la oración o cláusula, y corresponde secuencialmente a la parte que sucede al tema.

Where the eye mixes Rada and rema

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Rada and rema follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Rada
4 ch
rema

Visual trap between Rada and rema

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Rada is [ˈrað̞a] while rema is [ˈrema]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rada is recorded at frequency rank #23,566, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈrað̞a]. rema is at rank #45,570, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrema].

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 69136, this pair ranks #32,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Rada vs rema

Shared letters: ar. Private to "Rada": d. Private to "rema": em.

"Rada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rema" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rada ← raad · radda · rdaa · rrada
  • rema ← erma · ream · remma · rmea · rrema

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Rada" and "rema" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rada" is a name and "rema" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Rada" vs "rema" - which ranks higher?
"Rada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,566 in our Spanish list, against #45,570 for "rema". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rema" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rada" and "rema" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rema vs riba". 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 #32,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list