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

#13,332
“rechazada” frequency rank
#46,777
“reclamada” frequency rank
60109
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rechazada reclamada
Definition Forma del femenino de aprobado, participio de aprobar. Forma del femenino de reclamado, participio de reclamar.

Where the eye mixes rechazada and reclamada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rechazada and reclamada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
rechazada
9 ch
reclamada

Why the eye confuses rechazada with reclamada

A purely visual mix-up. rechazada ([ret͡ʃaˈsað̞a]) and reclamada ([reklaˈmað̞a]) 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 60109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rechazada is recorded at frequency rank #13,332, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ret͡ʃaˈsað̞a]. reclamada is at rank #46,777, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reklaˈmað̞a].

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 60109, this pair ranks #60,114 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rechazada vs reclamada

Shared letters: acder. Private to "rechazada": hz. Private to "reclamada": lm.

"rechazada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "reclamada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rechazadaerchazada · rcehazada · recahzada · recchazada · rechaazda · rechazaad · rechazadda · rechazdaa
  • reclamadaerclamada · rcelamada · recalmada · recclamada · reclaamda · reclamaad · reclamadda · reclamdaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rechazada" for "reclamada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ret͡ʃaˈsað̞a] versus [reklaˈmað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rechazada" or "reclamada"?
"rechazada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,332 in our Spanish list, against #46,777 for "reclamada". 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 "rechazada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reclamada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,114 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rechazada" and "reclamada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reclamaban vs reclamada". 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 #60,114 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