recogemosvsrecogidosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#35,718
“recogemos” frequency rank
#13,335
“recogidos” frequency rank
49053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recogemos recogidos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de recoger. Forma del plural de recogido, participio de recoger.

Where the eye mixes recogemos and recogidos

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

9 ch
recogemos
9 ch
recogidos

Visual trap between recogemos and recogidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recogemos is [rekoˈxemos] while recogidos is [rekoˈxið̞os]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recogemos is recorded at frequency rank #35,718, classified as averb, pronounced [rekoˈxemos]. recogidos is at rank #13,335, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoˈxið̞os].

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 49053, this pair ranks #110,979 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recogemos vs recogidos

Shared letters: cegors. Private to "recogemos": m. Private to "recogidos": di.

"recogemos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "recogidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recogemosercogemos · rceogemos · reccogemos · recgoemos · recoegmos · recogemmos · recogemoss · recogemso
  • recogidosercogidos · rceogidos · reccogidos · recgoidos · recogdios · recoggidos · recogiddos · recogidoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recogemos" and "recogidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recogemos" is a verb and "recogidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recogemos" vs "recogidos" - which ranks higher?
"recogidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,335 in our Spanish list, against #35,718 for "recogemos". 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 "recogemos" and "recogidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recogemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recogidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,979 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recogemos" and "recogidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recogemos vs recoletos". 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 #110,979 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