recibidosvsremitidosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,431
“recibidos” frequency rank
#46,783
“remitidos” frequency rank
55214
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recibidos remitidos
Definition Forma del plural de recibido, participio de recibir. Forma del plural de remitido, participio de remitir.

Where the eye mixes recibidos and remitidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recibidos and remitidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
recibidos
9 ch
remitidos

Look-alike desk: recibidos vs remitidos

A purely visual mix-up. recibidos ([resiˈβ̞ið̞os]) and remitidos ([remiˈt̪ið̞os]) 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 55214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recibidos is recorded at frequency rank #8,431, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [resiˈβ̞ið̞os]. remitidos is at rank #46,783, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [remiˈt̪ið̞os].

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 55214, this pair ranks #79,898 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recibidos vs remitidos

Shared letters: deiors. Private to "recibidos": bc. Private to "remitidos": mt.

"recibidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "remitidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recibidosercibidos · rceibidos · recbiidos · reccibidos · recibbidos · recibdios · recibiddos · recibidoss
  • remitidosermitidos · reimtidos · remiitdos · remitdios · remitiddos · remitidoss · remitidso · remitiods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recibidos" for "remitidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([resiˈβ̞ið̞os] versus [remiˈt̪ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recibidos" vs "remitidos" - which ranks higher?
"recibidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,431 in our Spanish list, against #46,783 for "remitidos". 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 "recibidos" and "remitidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recibidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remitidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,898 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recibidos" and "remitidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remitidos vs removidos". 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 #79,898 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