Which to use
“relegada” is a participle and “revelada” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,038
- “relegada” frequency rank
- #23,219
- “revelada” frequency rank
- 71257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relegada | revelada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de relegado, participio de relegar. | Forma del femenino singular de revelado. |
Where the eye mixes relegada and revelada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. relegada and revelada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between relegada and revelada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: relegada is [releˈɣ̞að̞a] while revelada is [reβ̞eˈlað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71257, 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]. revelada is at rank #23,219, tagged as anadj, pronounced [reβ̞eˈlað̞a].
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 71257, this pair ranks #27,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relegada vs revelada
Shared letters: adelr. Private to "relegada": g. Private to "revelada": v.
"relegada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "revelada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "relegada" and "revelada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "relegada" or "revelada" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "relegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revelada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relegada" and "revelada" 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 #27,904 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.