Which to use
“recogía” is a verb and “recogido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,371
- “recogía” frequency rank
- #9,715
- “recogido” frequency rank
- 37086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recogía | recogido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de recoger. | Que tiene recogimiento y vive retirado del trato y comunicación de las gentes. |
Where the eye mixes recogía and recogido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recogía runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against recogido's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recogía and recogido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recogía is [rekoˈxia] while recogido is [rekoˈxið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37086, 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]. recogido is at rank #9,715, tagged as anadj, pronounced [rekoˈxið̞o].
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 37086, this pair ranks #177,173 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recogía vs recogido
Shared letters: cegor. Private to "recogía": aí. Private to "recogido": di.
"recogía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "recogido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recogido ← ercogido · rceogido · reccogido · recgoido · recogdio · recoggido · recogiddo · recogiod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recogía" and "recogido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recogía" or "recogido"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recogía" and "recogido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recogía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recogido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,173 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recogía" and "recogido" 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 #177,173 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.