recluidovsreclutadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#32,839
“recluido” frequency rank
#30,640
“reclutado” frequency rank
63479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recluido reclutado
Definition Participio de recluir. Participio de reclutar.

Where the eye mixes recluido and reclutado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recluido runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against reclutado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
recluido
9 ch
reclutado

Look-alike desk: recluido vs reclutado

A purely visual mix-up. recluido ([reˈklwið̞o]) and reclutado ([rekluˈt̪að̞o]) 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 63479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recluido is recorded at frequency rank #32,839, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈklwið̞o]. reclutado is at rank #30,640, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekluˈt̪að̞o].

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 63479, this pair ranks #48,619 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recluido vs reclutado

Shared letters: cdeloru. Private to "recluido": i. Private to "reclutado": at.

"recluido" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "reclutado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recluidoercluido · rceluido · reccluido · recliudo · reclluido · recludio · recluiddo · recluiod
  • reclutadoerclutado · rcelutado · recclutado · recllutado · recltuado · recluatdo · reclutaddo · reclutaod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recluido" and "reclutado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈklwið̞o] versus [rekluˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recluido" or "reclutado"?
"reclutado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,640 in our Spanish list, against #32,839 for "recluido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recluido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reclutado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,619 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recluido" and "reclutado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recluido vs recluso". 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 #48,619 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