resesvsrisasWhich spelling fits?

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

#32,380
“reses” frequency rank
#6,823
“risas” frequency rank
39203
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reses risas
Definition Forma del plural de res. Forma del plural de risa.

Where the eye mixes reses and risas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
reses
5 ch
risas

Look-alike desk: reses vs risas

A purely visual mix-up. reses ([ˈreses]) and risas ([ˈrisas]) 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 39203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reses is recorded at frequency rank #32,380, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈreses]. risas is at rank #6,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrisas].

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 39203, this pair ranks #165,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reses vs risas

Shared letters: rs. Private to "reses": e. Private to "risas": ai.

"reses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "risas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reseserses · reces · reess · resess · resse · resses · rreses · rsees
  • risasirsas · riass · risass · rissas · rrisas · rsias

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reses" for "risas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈreses] versus [ˈrisas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reses" or "risas"?
"risas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,823 in our Spanish list, against #32,380 for "reses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "risas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reses" and "risas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reses vs reveses". 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 #165,845 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