redadavsrezabaConfusable pair

Quick tell: redada is a participle, rezaba is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“redada” is a participle and “rezaba” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,203
“redada” frequency rank
#35,240
“rezaba” frequency rank
58443
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redada rezaba
Definition Forma del femenino de redado, participio de redar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de rezar.

Where the eye mixes redada and rezaba

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
redada
6 ch
rezaba

Look-alike desk: redada vs rezaba

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: redada is [reˈð̞að̞a] while rezaba is [reˈsaβ̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redada is recorded at frequency rank #23,203, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈð̞að̞a]. rezaba is at rank #35,240, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈsaβ̞a].

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 58443, this pair ranks #66,416 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of redada vs rezaba

Shared letters: aer. Private to "redada": d. Private to "rezaba": bz.

"redada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rezaba" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redadaerdada · rdeada · readda · redaad · redadda · reddaa · reddada · rredada
  • rezabaerzaba · reazba · rezaab · rezabba · rezava · rezbaa · rezzaba · rrezaba

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "redada" and "rezaba" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "redada" is a participle and "rezaba" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "redada" or "rezaba" show up more?
"redada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,203 in our Spanish list, against #35,240 for "rezaba". 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 "redada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rezaba" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,416 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redada" and "rezaba" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebasa vs rezaba". 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 #66,416 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