rejasvsrisasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,124
“rejas” frequency rank
#6,823
“risas” frequency rank
17947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejas risas
Definition Forma del plural de reja. Forma del plural de risa.

Where the eye mixes rejas and risas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
rejas
5 ch
risas

Look-alike desk: rejas vs risas

A purely visual mix-up. rejas ([ˈrexas]) and risas ([ˈrisas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejas is recorded at frequency rank #11,124, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈrexas]. risas is at rank #6,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrisas].

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 17947, this pair ranks #269,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rejas vs risas

Shared letters: ars. Private to "rejas": ej. Private to "risas": i.

"rejas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "risas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejaserjas · reajs · rejass · rejjas · rejsa · rjeas · rrejas
  • risasirsas · riass · risass · rissas · rrisas · rsias

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rejas" and "risas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈrexas] versus [ˈrisas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rejas" or "risas"?
"risas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,823 in our Spanish list, against #11,124 for "rejas". 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 "rejas" and "risas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "risas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #269,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejas" and "risas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejas vs rifas". 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 #269,961 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