rebajasvsredadasConfusable pair

Quick tell: rebajas is a noun, redadas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rebajas” is a noun and “redadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,917
“rebajas” frequency rank
#38,927
“redadas” frequency rank
62844
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebajas redadas
Definition Periodo de tiempo durante el cual los bienes y mercancías ofrecidas a la venta por un negocio permanecen a un precio por debajo de su nivel normal. Forma del femenino plural de redado, participio de redar.

Where the eye mixes rebajas and redadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rebajas and redadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
rebajas
7 ch
redadas

Why the eye confuses rebajas with redadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rebajas is [reˈβ̞axas] while redadas is [reˈð̞að̞as]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rebajas is recorded at frequency rank #23,917, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈβ̞axas]. redadas is at rank #38,927, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈð̞að̞as].

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 62844, this pair ranks #50,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rebajas vs redadas

Shared letters: aers. Private to "rebajas": bj. Private to "redadas": d.

"rebajas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "redadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rebajaserbajas · rbeajas · reabjas · rebaajs · rebajass · rebajjas · rebajsa · rebbajas
  • redadaserdadas · rdeadas · readdas · redaads · redadass · redaddas · redadsa · reddaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rebajas" and "redadas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rebajas" is a noun and "redadas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rebajas" or "redadas"?
"rebajas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,917 in our Spanish list, against #38,927 for "redadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rebajas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "redadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebajas" and "redadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recados vs redadas". 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 #50,678 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