recibidasvsrecibimosTell them apart

Quick tell: recibidas is a participle, recibimos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recibidas” is a participle and “recibimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,233
“recibidas” frequency rank
#8,046
“recibimos” frequency rank
20279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recibidas recibimos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de recibido, participio de recibir. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de recibir o de recibirse.

Where the eye mixes recibidas and recibimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
recibidas
9 ch
recibimos

Visual trap between recibidas and recibimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recibidas is [resiˈβ̞ið̞as] while recibimos is [resiˈβ̞imos]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recibidas is recorded at frequency rank #12,233, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [resiˈβ̞ið̞as]. recibimos is at rank #8,046, tagged as averb, pronounced [resiˈβ̞imos].

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 20279, this pair ranks #260,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of recibidas vs recibimos

Shared letters: bceirs. Private to "recibidas": ad. Private to "recibimos": mo.

"recibidas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "recibimos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recibidasercibidas · rceibidas · recbiidas · reccibidas · recibbidas · recibdias · recibiads · recibidass
  • recibimosercibimos · rceibimos · recbiimos · reccibimos · recibbimos · recibimmos · recibimoss · recibimso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recibidas" for "recibimos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recibidas" is a participle and "recibimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "recibidas" or "recibimos"?
"recibimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,046 in our Spanish list, against #12,233 for "recibidas". 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 "recibidas" and "recibimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recibidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recibimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recibidas" and "recibimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recibamos vs recibimos". 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 #260,028 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