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Which to use

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

#20,176
“recaudado” frequency rank
#40,498
“recaudando” frequency rank
60674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recaudado recaudando
Definition Participio de recaudar. Gerundio de recaudar.

Where the eye mixes recaudado and recaudando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recaudado runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCV) against recaudando's 10 (CVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
recaudado
10 ch
recaudando

Look-alike desk: recaudado vs recaudando

A purely visual mix-up. recaudado ([rekawˈð̞að̞o]) and recaudando ([rekawˈð̞ãn̪d̪o]) 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 60674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recaudado is recorded at frequency rank #20,176, classified as averb, pronounced [rekawˈð̞að̞o]. recaudando is at rank #40,498, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekawˈð̞ãn̪d̪o].

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 60674, this pair ranks #58,136 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recaudado vs recaudando

Shared letters: acdeoru. Private to "recaudado": -. Private to "recaudando": n.

"recaudado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV  ·  "recaudando" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recaudado ← ercaudado · rceaudado · reacudado · recaduado · recauaddo · recaudaddo · recaudaod · recauddado
  • recaudando ← ercaudando · rceaudando · reacudando · recaduando · recauadndo · recaudadno · recaudanddo · recaudanndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recaudado" and "recaudando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rekawˈð̞að̞o] versus [rekawˈð̞ãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recaudado" or "recaudando" show up more?
"recaudado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,176 in our Spanish list, against #40,498 for "recaudando". 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 "recaudado" and "recaudando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recaudado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recaudando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,136 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recaudado" and "recaudando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recaudan vs recaudando". 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 #58,136 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