regadovsregazoConfusable pair

Quick tell: regado is a verb, regazo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“regado” is a verb and “regazo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,894
“regado” frequency rank
#24,625
“regazo” frequency rank
74519
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regado regazo
Definition Participio de regar o de regarse. Cavidad que forma, entre la cintura y las rodillas, la falda de una persona sentada.

Where the eye mixes regado and regazo

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

6 ch
regado
6 ch
regazo

Look-alike desk: regado vs regazo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regado is [reˈɣ̞að̞o] while regazo is [reˈɣ̞aso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “regado” becomes z in “regazo”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regado is recorded at frequency rank #49,894, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈɣ̞að̞o]. regazo is at rank #24,625, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈɣ̞aso].

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 74519, this pair ranks #21,171 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regado vs regazo

Shared letters: aegor. Private to "regado": d. Private to "regazo": z.

"regado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "regazo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regado ← ergado · reagdo · regaddo · regaod · regdao · reggado · rgeado · rregado
  • regazo ← ergazo · reagzo · regaoz · regazzo · reggazo · regzao · rgeazo · rregazo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regado" and "regazo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regado" is a verb and "regazo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regado" vs "regazo" - which ranks higher?
"regazo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,625 in our Spanish list, against #49,894 for "regado". 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 "regado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regazo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,171 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regado" and "regazo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regado vs rentado". 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 #21,171 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