Which to use
“relegada” is a participle and “relegado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,038
- “relegada” frequency rank
- #31,093
- “relegado” frequency rank
- 79131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relegada | relegado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de relegado, participio de relegar. | Participio de relegar. |
Where the eye mixes relegada and relegado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. relegada and relegado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: relegada vs relegado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: relegada is [releˈɣ̞að̞a] while relegado is [releˈɣ̞að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “relegada” becomes o in “relegado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relegada is recorded at frequency rank #48,038, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [releˈɣ̞að̞a]. relegado is at rank #31,093, tagged as averb, pronounced [releˈɣ̞að̞o].
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 79131, this pair ranks #13,442 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relegada vs relegado
Shared letters: adeglr. Private to "relegada": -. Private to "relegado": o.
"relegada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "relegado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relegada" for "relegado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "relegada" or "relegado"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "relegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relegado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,442 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relegada" and "relegado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relegada vs relegados". 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 #13,442 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.