regidavsrígidasWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#42,120
“regida” frequency rank
#33,327
“rígidas” frequency rank
75447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regida rígidas
Definition Forma del femenino de regido, participio de regir. Forma del plural de rígida.

Where the eye mixes regida and rígidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. regida runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against rígidas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
regida
7 ch
rígidas

Visual trap between regida and rígidas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regida is [reˈxið̞a] while rígidas is [ˈrixið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75447, 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]. rígidas is at rank #33,327, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrixið̞as].

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 75447, this pair ranks #19,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regida vs rígidas

Shared letters: adgir. Private to "regida": e. Private to "rígidas": sí.

"regida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rígidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regida ← ergida · regdia · reggida · regiad · regidda · reigda · rgeida · rregida

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regida" and "rígidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regida" is a participle and "rígidas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "regida" or "rígidas" show up more?
"rígidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,327 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "regida" and "rígidas" 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 "rígidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regida" and "rígidas" 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 #19,522 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