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Which to use

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

#48,038
“relegada” frequency rank
#42,122
“relegados” frequency rank
90160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relegada relegados
Definition Forma del femenino de relegado, participio de relegar. Forma del plural de relegado, participio de relegar.

Where the eye mixes relegada and relegados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. relegada runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against relegados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
relegada
9 ch
relegados

Why the eye confuses relegada with relegados

A purely visual mix-up. relegada ([releˈɣ̞að̞a]) and relegados ([releˈɣ̞að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90160, 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]. relegados is at rank #42,122, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [releˈɣ̞að̞os].

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 90160, this pair ranks #2,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of relegada vs relegados

Shared letters: adeglr. Private to "relegada": -. Private to "relegados": os.

"relegada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "relegados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relegadaerlegada · reelgada · releagda · relegaad · relegadda · relegdaa · releggada · relgeada
  • relegadoserlegados · reelgados · releagdos · relegaddos · relegadoss · relegadso · relegaods · relegdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "relegada" for "relegados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([releˈɣ̞að̞a] versus [releˈɣ̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "relegada" vs "relegados" - which ranks higher?
"relegados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,122 in our Spanish list, against #48,038 for "relegada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "relegada" and "relegados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relegados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relegada" and "relegados" 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 #2,678 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