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

#26,588
“reelegido” frequency rank
#31,093
“relegado” frequency rank
57681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reelegido relegado
Definition Participio de reelegir. Participio de relegar.

Where the eye mixes reelegido and relegado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. reelegido runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVCV) against relegado's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
reelegido
8 ch
relegado

Look-alike desk: reelegido vs relegado

A purely visual mix-up. reelegido ([reeleˈxið̞o]) and relegado ([releˈɣ̞að̞o]) 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 57681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reelegido is recorded at frequency rank #26,588, classified as averb, pronounced [reeleˈxið̞o]. relegado is at rank #31,093, tagged as averb, pronounced [releˈɣ̞að̞o].

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 57681, this pair ranks #69,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reelegido vs relegado

Shared letters: deglor. Private to "reelegido": i. Private to "relegado": a.

"reelegido" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCV  ·  "relegado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reelegidoerelegido · reeelgido · reelegdio · reeleggido · reelegiddo · reelegiod · reeleigdo · reelgeido
  • relegadoerlegado · reelgado · releagdo · relegaddo · relegaod · relegdao · releggado · relgeado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reelegido" and "relegado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reeleˈxið̞o] versus [releˈɣ̞að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reelegido" or "relegado"?
"reelegido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,588 in our Spanish list, against #31,093 for "relegado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reelegido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relegado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reelegido" and "relegado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regado vs relegado". 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 #69,515 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