Which to use
“recogía” is a verb and “recogidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,371
- “recogía” frequency rank
- #16,192
- “recogidas” frequency rank
- 43563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recogía | recogidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de recoger. | Forma del femenino plural de recogido, participio de recoger. |
Where the eye mixes recogía and recogidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recogía runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against recogidas's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recogía and recogidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recogía is [rekoˈxia] while recogidas is [rekoˈxið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recogía is recorded at frequency rank #27,371, classified as averb, pronounced [rekoˈxia]. recogidas is at rank #16,192, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoˈxið̞as].
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 43563, this pair ranks #141,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recogía vs recogidas
Shared letters: acegor. Private to "recogía": í. Private to "recogidas": dis.
"recogía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "recogidas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recogidas ← ercogidas · rceogidas · reccogidas · recgoidas · recogdias · recoggidas · recogiads · recogidass
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recogía" for "recogidas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recogía" vs "recogidas" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recogía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recogidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recogía" and "recogidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recogía vs recogían". 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 #141,984 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.