radiovsrasgoConfusable pair

Which to use

“radio” and “rasgo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#833
“radio” frequency rank
#14,437
“rasgo” frequency rank
15270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature radio rasgo
Definition Segmento de recta que tiene por extremos el punto centro y un punto cualquiera de la circunferencia. Trazos o líneas que se hacen al escribir.

Where the eye mixes radio and rasgo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
radio
5 ch
rasgo

Visual trap between radio and rasgo

A purely visual mix-up. radio ([ˈrað̞jo]) and rasgo ([ˈrasɣ̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

radio is recorded at frequency rank #833, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈrað̞jo]. rasgo is at rank #14,437, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrasɣ̞o].

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 15270, this pair ranks #280,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of radio vs rasgo

Shared letters: aor. Private to "radio": di. Private to "rasgo": gs.

"radio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "rasgo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • radioardio · raddio · radoi · raido · rdaio · rradio
  • rasgoarsgo · ragso · rasggo · rasog · rassgo · rrasgo · rsago

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "radio" and "rasgo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈrað̞jo] versus [ˈrasɣ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "radio" vs "rasgo" - which ranks higher?
"radio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #833 in our Spanish list, against #14,437 for "rasgo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "radio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rasgo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #280,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "radio" and "rasgo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasgo vs rengo". 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 #280,850 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