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

#29,371
“rejilla” frequency rank
#7,066
“rodilla” frequency rank
36437
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rejilla rodilla
Definition Trapo rejilla. Articulación medial de la pata o pierna, que une el muslo con la pantorrilla en los bípedos o el antebrazo y la caña en los cuadrúpedos.

Where the eye mixes rejilla and rodilla

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rejilla and rodilla follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
rejilla
7 ch
rodilla

Why the eye confuses rejilla with rodilla

A purely visual mix-up. rejilla ([reˈxiʝa]) and rodilla ([roˈð̞iʝa]) 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 36437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rejilla is recorded at frequency rank #29,371, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈxiʝa]. rodilla is at rank #7,066, tagged as anoun, pronounced [roˈð̞iʝa].

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 36437, this pair ranks #180,607 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rejilla vs rodilla

Shared letters: ailr. Private to "rejilla": ej. Private to "rodilla": do.

"rejilla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "rodilla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rejillaerjilla · reijlla · rejila · rejilal · rejjilla · rejlila · rjeilla · rrejilla
  • rodillaordilla · rdoilla · roddilla · rodila · rodilal · rodlila · roidlla · rrodilla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rejilla" and "rodilla" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈxiʝa] versus [roˈð̞iʝa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "rejilla" vs "rodilla" - which ranks higher?
"rodilla" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,066 in our Spanish list, against #29,371 for "rejilla". 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 "rejilla" and "rodilla" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rejilla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rodilla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,607 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rejilla" and "rodilla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recicla vs rejilla". 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 #180,607 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