rebajasvsrelajaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#23,917
“rebajas” frequency rank
#23,574
“relaja” frequency rank
47491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebajas relaja
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. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de relajar o de relajarse.

Where the eye mixes rebajas and relaja

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rebajas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against relaja's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rebajas
6 ch
relaja

Visual trap between rebajas and relaja

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rebajas is [reˈβ̞axas] while relaja is [reˈlaxa]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47491, 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]. relaja is at rank #23,574, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈlaxa].

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 47491, this pair ranks #119,757 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rebajas vs relaja

Shared letters: aejr. Private to "rebajas": bs. Private to "relaja": l.

"rebajas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "relaja" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rebajaserbajas · rbeajas · reabjas · rebaajs · rebajass · rebajjas · rebajsa · rebbajas
  • relajaerlaja · realja · relaaj · relajja · reljaa · rellaja · rleaja · rrelaja

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rebajas" for "relaja" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rebajas" is a noun and "relaja" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rebajas" or "relaja"?
"relaja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,574 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.

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 "relaja" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #119,757 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebajas" and "relaja" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relaja vs relaje". 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 #119,757 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