regadovsregidaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,894
“regado” frequency rank
#42,120
“regida” frequency rank
92014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regado regida
Definition Participio de regar o de regarse. Forma del femenino de regido, participio de regir.

Where the eye mixes regado and regida

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

Visual trap between regado and regida

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regado is [reˈɣ̞að̞o] while regida is [reˈxið̞a]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92014, 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]. regida is at rank #42,120, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈxið̞a].

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 92014, this pair ranks #1,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regado vs regida

Shared letters: adegr. Private to "regado": o. Private to "regida": i.

"regado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "regida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regado ← ergado · reagdo · regaddo · regaod · regdao · reggado · rgeado · rregado
  • regida ← ergida · regdia · reggida · regiad · regidda · reigda · rgeida · rregida

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "regado" and "regida" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regado" is a verb and "regida" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regado" vs "regida" - which ranks higher?
"regida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,120 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regado" and "regida" 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 #1,712 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