reclutadosvsreclutandoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#31,520
“reclutados” frequency rank
#37,824
“reclutando” frequency rank
69344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reclutados reclutando
Definition Forma del plural de reclutado, participio de reclutar. Gerundio de reclutar.

Where the eye mixes reclutados and reclutando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. reclutados (CVCCVCVCVC) and reclutando (CVCCVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
reclutados
10 ch
reclutando

Look-alike desk: reclutados vs reclutando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reclutados is [rekluˈt̪að̞os] while reclutando is [rekluˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 69344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reclutados is recorded at frequency rank #31,520, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekluˈt̪að̞os]. reclutando is at rank #37,824, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekluˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].

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 69344, this pair ranks #32,227 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reclutados vs reclutando

Shared letters: acdelortu. Private to "reclutados": s. Private to "reclutando": n.

"reclutados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "reclutando" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reclutados ← erclutados · rcelutados · recclutados · recllutados · recltuados · recluatdos · reclutaddos · reclutadoss
  • reclutando ← erclutando · rcelutando · recclutando · recllutando · recltuando · recluatndo · reclutadno · reclutanddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reclutados" for "reclutando" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reclutados" is a participle and "reclutando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reclutados" or "reclutando" show up more?
"reclutados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,520 in our Spanish list, against #37,824 for "reclutando". 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 "reclutados" and "reclutando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reclutados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reclutando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,227 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reclutados" and "reclutando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recitando vs reclutando". 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 #32,227 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