regidavsrígidaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: regida is a participle, rígida is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#42,120
“regida” frequency rank
#21,483
“rígida” frequency rank
63603
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regida rígida
Definition Forma del femenino de regido, participio de regir. Forma del femenino singular de rígido.

Where the eye mixes regida and rígida

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

6 ch
regida
6 ch
rígida

Look-alike desk: regida vs rígida

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regida is [reˈxið̞a] while rígida is [ˈrixið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “regida” becomes í in “rígida”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regida is recorded at frequency rank #42,120, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈxið̞a]. rígida is at rank #21,483, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈrixið̞a].

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 63603, this pair ranks #48,231 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regida vs rígida

Shared letters: adgir. Private to "regida": e. Private to "rígida": í.

"regida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rígida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regidaergida · regdia · reggida · regiad · regidda · reigda · rgeida · rregida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regida" for "rígida" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regida" is a participle and "rígida" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "regida" or "rígida"?
"rígida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,483 in our Spanish list, against #42,120 for "regida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "regida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rígida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,231 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regida" and "rígida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regado vs regida". 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 #48,231 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