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

#12,465
“recogen” frequency rank
#13,130
“recogió” frequency rank
25595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recogen recogió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recoger. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de recoger.

Where the eye mixes recogen and recogió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recogen (CVCVCVC) and recogió (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
recogen
7 ch
recogió

Look-alike desk: recogen vs recogió

A purely visual mix-up. recogen ([reˈkoxẽn]) and recogió ([rekoˈxjo]) 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 25595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recogen is recorded at frequency rank #12,465, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈkoxẽn]. recogió is at rank #13,130, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekoˈxjo].

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 25595, this pair ranks #235,706 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recogen vs recogió

Shared letters: cegor. Private to "recogen": n. Private to "recogió": ió.

"recogen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "recogió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recogen ← ercogen · rceogen · reccogen · recgoen · recoegn · recogenn · recoggen · recogne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recogen" and "recogió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈkoxẽn] versus [rekoˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recogen" or "recogió"?
"recogen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,465 in our Spanish list, against #13,130 for "recogió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recogen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recogió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,706 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recogen" and "recogió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recogían vs recogió". 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 #235,706 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