Which to use
“retar” and “rezan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,304
- “retar” frequency rank
- #34,759
- “rezan” frequency rank
- 72063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retar | rezan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dicho de un noble: acusar ante el rey a otro noble de alevosía, quedando obligado el primero a mantener la denuncia en buena lid. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de rezar. |
Where the eye mixes retar and rezan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. retar and rezan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between retar and rezan
A purely visual mix-up. retar ([reˈt̪aɾ]) and rezan ([ˈresãn]) 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 72063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retar is recorded at frequency rank #37,304, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈt̪aɾ]. rezan is at rank #34,759, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈresãn].
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 72063, this pair ranks #26,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of retar vs rezan
Shared letters: aer. Private to "retar": t. Private to "rezan": nz.
"retar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rezan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retar" and "rezan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "retar" or "rezan" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "retar" and "rezan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rezan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retar" and "rezan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renard vs retar". 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 #26,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.