rechazadasvsrechazadosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#30,218
“rechazadas” frequency rank
#20,795
“rechazados” frequency rank
51013
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rechazadas rechazados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de rechazado, participio de rechazar. Forma del plural de rechazado, participio de rechazar.

Where the eye mixes rechazadas and rechazados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. rechazadas and rechazados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
rechazadas
10 ch
rechazados

Why the eye confuses rechazadas with rechazados

A purely visual mix-up. rechazadas ([ret͡ʃaˈsað̞as]) and rechazados ([ret͡ʃaˈsað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “rechazadas” becomes o in “rechazados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rechazadas is recorded at frequency rank #30,218, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ret͡ʃaˈsað̞as]. rechazados is at rank #20,795, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ret͡ʃaˈsað̞os].

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 51013, this pair ranks #100,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rechazadas vs rechazados

Shared letters: acdehrsz. Private to "rechazadas": -. Private to "rechazados": o.

"rechazadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "rechazados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rechazadaserchazadas · rcehazadas · recahzadas · recchazadas · rechaazdas · rechazaads · rechazadass · rechazaddas
  • rechazadoserchazados · rcehazados · recahzados · recchazados · rechaazdos · rechazaddos · rechazadoss · rechazadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rechazadas" for "rechazados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ret͡ʃaˈsað̞as] versus [ret͡ʃaˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rechazadas" or "rechazados"?
"rechazados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,795 in our Spanish list, against #30,218 for "rechazadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rechazadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rechazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rechazadas" and "rechazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rechazaban vs rechazadas". 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 #100,161 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