Which to use
“relajado” and “relevado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,941
- “relajado” frequency rank
- #38,347
- “relevado” frequency rank
- 53288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relajado | relevado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de relajar. | Participio de relevar. |
Where the eye mixes relajado and relevado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. relajado and relevado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses relajado with relevado
A purely visual mix-up. relajado ([relaˈxað̞o]) and relevado ([releˈβ̞að̞o]) 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 53288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relajado is recorded at frequency rank #14,941, classified as averb, pronounced [relaˈxað̞o]. relevado is at rank #38,347, tagged as averb, pronounced [releˈβ̞að̞o].
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 53288, this pair ranks #88,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relajado vs relevado
Shared letters: adelor. Private to "relajado": j. Private to "relevado": v.
"relajado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "relevado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relajado" for "relevado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "relajado" vs "relevado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "relajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relevado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relajado" and "relevado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relegada vs relevado". 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 #88,621 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.