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

#23,917
“rebajas” frequency rank
#11,124
“rejas” frequency rank
35041
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebajas rejas
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 plural de reja.

Where the eye mixes rebajas and rejas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rebajas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against rejas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rebajas
5 ch
rejas

Look-alike desk: rebajas vs rejas

A purely visual mix-up. rebajas ([reˈβ̞axas]) and rejas ([ˈrexas]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35041, 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]. rejas is at rank #11,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrexas].

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 35041, this pair ranks #188,175 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rebajas vs rejas

Shared letters: aejrs. Private to "rebajas": b. Private to "rejas": -.

"rebajas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "rejas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rebajaserbajas · rbeajas · reabjas · rebaajs · rebajass · rebajjas · rebajsa · rebbajas
  • rejaserjas · reajs · rejass · rejjas · rejsa · rjeas · rrejas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rebajas" and "rejas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈβ̞axas] versus [ˈrexas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rebajas" or "rejas"?
"rejas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,124 in our Spanish list, against #23,917 for "rebajas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rebajas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rejas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,175 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebajas" and "rejas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebajas vs rebasa". 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 #188,175 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