rechazamosvsreclamamosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#26,979
“rechazamos” frequency rank
#45,552
“reclamamos” frequency rank
72531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rechazamos reclamamos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de rechazar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de reclamar o de reclamarse.

Where the eye mixes rechazamos and reclamamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. rechazamos and reclamamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
rechazamos
10 ch
reclamamos

Look-alike desk: rechazamos vs reclamamos

A purely visual mix-up. rechazamos ([ret͡ʃaˈsamos]) and reclamamos ([reklaˈmamos]) 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 72531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rechazamos is recorded at frequency rank #26,979, classified as averb, pronounced [ret͡ʃaˈsamos]. reclamamos is at rank #45,552, tagged as averb, pronounced [reklaˈmamos].

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 72531, this pair ranks #25,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rechazamos vs reclamamos

Shared letters: acemors. Private to "rechazamos": hz. Private to "reclamamos": l.

"rechazamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "reclamamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rechazamoserchazamos · rcehazamos · recahzamos · recchazamos · rechaazmos · rechazammos · rechazamoss · rechazamso
  • reclamamoserclamamos · rcelamamos · recalmamos · recclamamos · reclaammos · reclamammos · reclamamoss · reclamamso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rechazamos" for "reclamamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ret͡ʃaˈsamos] versus [reklaˈmamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rechazamos" or "reclamamos" show up more?
"rechazamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,979 in our Spanish list, against #45,552 for "reclamamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rechazamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reclamamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rechazamos" and "reclamamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reclamamos vs reclamaron". 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 #25,159 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