Which to use
“rebajado” is a verb and “relajados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,371
- “rebajado” frequency rank
- #38,346
- “relajados” frequency rank
- 70717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rebajado | relajados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de rebajar. | Forma del plural de relajado, participio de relajar o de relajarse. |
Where the eye mixes rebajado and relajados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rebajado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against relajados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rebajado vs relajados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rebajado is [reβ̞aˈxað̞o] while relajados is [relaˈxað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70717, 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]. relajados is at rank #38,346, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [relaˈxað̞os].
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 70717, this pair ranks #29,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rebajado vs relajados
Shared letters: adejor. Private to "rebajado": b. Private to "relajados": ls.
"rebajado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "relajados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rebajado" and "relajados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rebajado" or "relajados" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rebajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relajados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rebajado" and "relajados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relajados vs rezagados". 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 #29,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.