realezavsrellenaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: realeza is a noun, rellena is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“realeza” is a noun and “rellena” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,660
“realeza” frequency rank
#22,487
“rellena” frequency rank
41147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature realeza rellena
Definition Dignidad o soberanía real. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de rellenar.

Where the eye mixes realeza and rellena

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. realeza (CVVCVCV) and rellena (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
realeza
7 ch
rellena

Look-alike desk: realeza vs rellena

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: realeza is [reaˈlesa] while rellena is [reˈʝena]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

realeza is recorded at frequency rank #18,660, classified as anoun, pronounced [reaˈlesa]. rellena is at rank #22,487, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈʝena].

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 41147, this pair ranks #155,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of realeza vs rellena

Shared letters: aelr. Private to "realeza": z. Private to "rellena": n.

"realeza" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "rellena" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • realeza ← eraleza · raeleza · reaelza · realeaz · realezza · realleza · realzea · relaeza
  • rellena ← erllena · relelna · relena · rellean · rellenna · rellnea · rlelena · rrellena

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "realeza" for "rellena" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "realeza" is a noun and "rellena" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "realeza" or "rellena" show up more?
"realeza" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,660 in our Spanish list, against #22,487 for "rellena". 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 "realeza" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rellena" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "realeza" and "rellena" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rellena vs Requena". 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 #155,274 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