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

#3,654
“rechazo” frequency rank
#44,402
“rechazos” frequency rank
48056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rechazo rechazos
Definition Acción o efecto de rechazar. Forma del plural de rechazo.

Where the eye mixes rechazo and rechazos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rechazo runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against rechazos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rechazo
8 ch
rechazos

Why the eye confuses rechazo with rechazos

A purely visual mix-up. rechazo ([reˈt͡ʃaso]) and rechazos ([reˈt͡ʃasos]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “rechazo” sits inside “rechazos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rechazo is recorded at frequency rank #3,654, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈt͡ʃaso]. rechazos is at rank #44,402, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈt͡ʃasos].

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 48056, this pair ranks #116,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rechazo vs rechazos

Shared letters: acehorz. Private to "rechazo": -. Private to "rechazos": s.

"rechazo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "rechazos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rechazoerchazo · rcehazo · recahzo · recchazo · rechaoz · rechazzo · rechhazo · rechzao
  • rechazoserchazos · rcehazos · recahzos · recchazos · rechaozs · rechazoss · rechazso · rechazzos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rechazo" and "rechazos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reˈt͡ʃaso] versus [reˈt͡ʃasos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rechazo" vs "rechazos" - which ranks higher?
"rechazo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,654 in our Spanish list, against #44,402 for "rechazos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rechazo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rechazos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rechazo" and "rechazos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recados vs rechazos". 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 #116,573 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