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

#40,509
“relatado” frequency rank
#38,347
“relevado” frequency rank
78856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relatado relevado
Definition Participio de relatar. Participio de relevar.

Where the eye mixes relatado and relevado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. relatado and relevado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
relatado
8 ch
relevado

Visual trap between relatado and relevado

A purely visual mix-up. relatado ([relaˈt̪að̞o]) 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 78856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relatado is recorded at frequency rank #40,509, classified as averb, pronounced [relaˈt̪að̞o]. 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 78856, this pair ranks #13,840 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of relatado vs relevado

Shared letters: adelor. Private to "relatado": t. Private to "relevado": v.

"relatado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "relevado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relatadoerlatado · realtado · relaatdo · relataddo · relataod · relatdao · relattado · rellatado
  • relevadoerlevado · reelvado · releavdo · relebado · relevaddo · relevaod · relevdao · relevvado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "relatado" and "relevado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([relaˈt̪að̞o] versus [releˈβ̞að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "relatado" vs "relevado" - which ranks higher?
"relevado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,347 in our Spanish list, against #40,509 for "relatado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relatado" 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 #13,840 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relatado" and "relevado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatado vs rentado". 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 #13,840 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