Which to use
“rebaños” and “retazos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,372
- “rebaños” frequency rank
- #43,838
- “retazos” frequency rank
- 76210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rebaños | retazos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de rebaño. | Forma del plural de retazo. |
Where the eye mixes rebaños and retazos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rebaños and retazos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: rebaños vs retazos
A purely visual mix-up. rebaños ([reˈβ̞aɲos]) and retazos ([reˈt̪asos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rebaños is recorded at frequency rank #32,372, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈβ̞aɲos]. retazos is at rank #43,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈt̪asos].
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 76210, this pair ranks #18,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rebaños vs retazos
Shared letters: aeors. Private to "rebaños": bñ. Private to "retazos": tz.
"rebaños" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "retazos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- retazos ← ertazos · reatzos · retaozs · retazoss · retazso · retazzos · rettazos · retzaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rebaños" for "retazos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rebaños" vs "retazos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rebaños" and "retazos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rebaños" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retazos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rebaños" and "retazos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retazos vs rezamos". 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 #18,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.