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

#46,775
“rebasa” frequency rank
#39,961
“rehúsa” frequency rank
86736
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebasa rehúsa
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de rebasar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de rehusar o de rehusarse.

Where the eye mixes rebasa and rehúsa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rebasa and rehúsa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
rebasa
6 ch
rehúsa

Why the eye confuses rebasa with rehúsa

A purely visual mix-up. rebasa ([reˈβ̞asa]) and rehúsa ([reˈusa]) 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 86736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rebasa is recorded at frequency rank #46,775, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈβ̞asa]. rehúsa is at rank #39,961, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈusa].

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 86736, this pair ranks #5,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rebasa vs rehúsa

Shared letters: aers. Private to "rebasa": b. Private to "rehúsa": hú.

"rebasa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rehúsa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rebasa ← erbasa · rbeasa · reabsa · rebaas · rebassa · rebbasa · rebsaa · revasa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rebasa" and "rehúsa" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reˈβ̞asa] versus [reˈusa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rebasa" or "rehúsa" show up more?
"rehúsa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,961 in our Spanish list, against #46,775 for "rebasa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rebasa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rehúsa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebasa" and "rehúsa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebasa vs rebasar". 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 #5,046 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