redadasvsrodajasTell them apart

Quick tell: redadas is a participle, rodajas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“redadas” is a participle and “rodajas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,927
“redadas” frequency rank
#34,763
“rodajas” frequency rank
73690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redadas rodajas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de redado, participio de redar. Forma del plural de rodaja

Where the eye mixes redadas and rodajas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. redadas and rodajas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
redadas
7 ch
rodajas

Visual trap between redadas and rodajas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: redadas is [reˈð̞að̞as] while rodajas is [roˈð̞axas]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redadas is recorded at frequency rank #38,927, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈð̞að̞as]. rodajas is at rank #34,763, tagged as anoun, pronounced [roˈð̞axas].

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 73690, this pair ranks #22,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of redadas vs rodajas

Shared letters: adrs. Private to "redadas": e. Private to "rodajas": jo.

"redadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "rodajas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redadaserdadas · rdeadas · readdas · redaads · redadass · redaddas · redadsa · reddaas
  • rodajasordajas · rdoajas · roadjas · rodaajs · rodajass · rodajjas · rodajsa · roddajas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "redadas" and "rodajas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "redadas" is a participle and "rodajas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "redadas" or "rodajas" show up more?
"rodajas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,763 in our Spanish list, against #38,927 for "redadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "redadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rodajas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redadas" and "rodajas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recados vs redadas". 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 #22,802 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