rehusóvsreposoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#26,592
“rehusó” frequency rank
#12,048
“reposo” frequency rank
38640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rehusó reposo
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de rehusar. Acción o efecto de reposar o de reposarse.

Where the eye mixes rehusó and reposo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rehusó and reposo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
rehusó
6 ch
reposo

Visual trap between rehusó and reposo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rehusó is [rewˈso] while reposo is [reˈposo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rehusó is recorded at frequency rank #26,592, classified as averb, pronounced [rewˈso]. reposo is at rank #12,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈposo].

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 38640, this pair ranks #168,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rehusó vs reposo

Shared letters: ers. Private to "rehusó": huó. Private to "reposo": op.

"rehusó" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "reposo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reposoerposo · reopso · repoos · reposso · repposo · repsoo · rpeoso · rreposo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rehusó" and "reposo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rehusó" is a verb and "reposo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rehusó" vs "reposo" - which ranks higher?
"reposo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,048 in our Spanish list, against #26,592 for "rehusó". 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 "rehusó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reposo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rehusó" and "reposo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rehusó vs resumo". 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 #168,904 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