rectasvsremotasWhich spelling fits?

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

#21,130
“rectas” frequency rank
#20,803
“remotas” frequency rank
41933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rectas remotas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de recto. Forma del femenino plural de remoto.

Where the eye mixes rectas and remotas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
rectas
7 ch
remotas

Visual trap between rectas and remotas

A purely visual mix-up. rectas ([ˈrekt̪as]) and remotas ([reˈmot̪as]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rectas is recorded at frequency rank #21,130, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈrekt̪as]. remotas is at rank #20,803, tagged as anadj, pronounced [reˈmot̪as].

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 41933, this pair ranks #150,989 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rectas vs remotas

Shared letters: aerst. Private to "rectas": c. Private to "remotas": mo.

"rectas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "remotas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rectaserctas · rcetas · recats · recctas · rectass · rectsa · recttas · retcas
  • remotasermotas · remmotas · remoats · remotass · remotsa · remottas · remtoas · reomtas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rectas" for "remotas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈrekt̪as] versus [reˈmot̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rectas" or "remotas"?
"remotas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,803 in our Spanish list, against #21,130 for "rectas". 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 "rectas" and "remotas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rectas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remotas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,989 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rectas" and "remotas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rectal vs rectas". 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 #150,989 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