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

#32,371
“rebajado” frequency rank
#20,794
“rebajar” frequency rank
53165
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebajado rebajar
Definition Participio de rebajar. Bajar algo por debajo de su nivel normal.

Where the eye mixes rebajado and rebajar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rebajado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against rebajar's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
rebajado
7 ch
rebajar

Why the eye confuses rebajado with rebajar

A purely visual mix-up. rebajado ([reβ̞aˈxað̞o]) and rebajar ([reβ̞aˈxaɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rebajado is recorded at frequency rank #32,371, classified as averb, pronounced [reβ̞aˈxað̞o]. rebajar is at rank #20,794, tagged as averb, pronounced [reβ̞aˈxaɾ].

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 53165, this pair ranks #89,205 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rebajado vs rebajar

Shared letters: abejr. Private to "rebajado": do. Private to "rebajar": -.

"rebajado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "rebajar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rebajado ← erbajado · rbeajado · reabjado · rebaajdo · rebajaddo · rebajaod · rebajdao · rebajjado
  • rebajar ← erbajar · rbeajar · reabjar · rebaajr · rebajarr · rebajjar · rebajra · rebbajar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rebajado" for "rebajar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reβ̞aˈxað̞o] versus [reβ̞aˈxaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rebajado" or "rebajar" show up more?
"rebajar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,794 in our Spanish list, against #32,371 for "rebajado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "rebajado" and "rebajar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rebajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rebajar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,205 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebajado" and "rebajar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebajado vs rematado". 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 #89,205 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