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

#32,371
“rebajado” frequency rank
#14,941
“relajado” frequency rank
47312
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebajado relajado
Definition Participio de rebajar. Participio de relajar.

Where the eye mixes rebajado and relajado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rebajado and relajado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
rebajado
8 ch
relajado

Visual trap between rebajado and relajado

A purely visual mix-up. rebajado ([reβ̞aˈxað̞o]) and relajado ([relaˈxað̞o]) 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 a single letter - b in “rebajado” becomes l in “relajado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47312, 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]. relajado is at rank #14,941, tagged as averb, pronounced [relaˈxað̞o].

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 47312, this pair ranks #120,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rebajado vs relajado

Shared letters: adejor. Private to "rebajado": b. Private to "relajado": l.

"rebajado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "relajado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rebajadoerbajado · rbeajado · reabjado · rebaajdo · rebajaddo · rebajaod · rebajdao · rebajjado
  • relajadoerlajado · realjado · relaajdo · relajaddo · relajaod · relajdao · relajjado · reljaado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rebajado" and "relajado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reβ̞aˈxað̞o] versus [relaˈxað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rebajado" vs "relajado" - which ranks higher?
"relajado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,941 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 "relajado" 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 "relajado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #120,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebajado" and "relajado" 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 #120,760 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