regadovsrogadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#49,894
“regado” frequency rank
#48,063
“rogado” frequency rank
97957
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regado rogado
Definition Participio de regar o de regarse. Participio de rogar.

Where the eye mixes regado and rogado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. regado and rogado 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
rogado

Look-alike desk: regado vs rogado

A purely visual mix-up. regado ([reˈɣ̞að̞o]) and rogado ([roˈɣ̞að̞o]) 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 a single letter - e in “regado” becomes o in “rogado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 97957, 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]. rogado is at rank #48,063, tagged as averb, pronounced [roˈɣ̞að̞o].

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 97957, this pair ranks #111 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regado vs rogado

Shared letters: adgor. Private to "regado": e. Private to "rogado": -.

"regado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rogado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regado ← ergado · reagdo · regaddo · regaod · regdao · reggado · rgeado · rregado
  • rogado ← orgado · rgoado · roagdo · rogaddo · rogaod · rogdao · roggado · rrogado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regado" and "rogado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈɣ̞að̞o] versus [roˈɣ̞að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "regado" vs "rogado" - which ranks higher?
"rogado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,063 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "regado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rogado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regado" and "rogado" 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 #111 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