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Which to use

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

#9,030
“recogida” frequency rank
#16,192
“recogidas” frequency rank
25222
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recogida recogidas
Definition Forma del femenino de recogido, participio de recoger. Forma del femenino plural de recogido, participio de recoger.

Where the eye mixes recogida and recogidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
recogida
9 ch
recogidas

Look-alike desk: recogida vs recogidas

A purely visual mix-up. recogida ([rekoˈxið̞a]) and recogidas ([rekoˈxið̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recogida” sits inside “recogidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recogida is recorded at frequency rank #9,030, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoˈxið̞a]. 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 25222, this pair ranks #237,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recogida vs recogidas

Shared letters: acdegior. Private to "recogida": -. Private to "recogidas": s.

"recogida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "recogidas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recogidaercogida · rceogida · reccogida · recgoida · recogdia · recoggida · recogiad · recogidda
  • recogidasercogidas · rceogidas · reccogidas · recgoidas · recogdias · recoggidas · recogiads · recogidass

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recogida" and "recogidas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([rekoˈxið̞a] versus [rekoˈxið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recogida" vs "recogidas" - which ranks higher?
"recogida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,030 in our Spanish list, against #16,192 for "recogidas". 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 "recogida" and "recogidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recogida" 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 #237,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recogida" and "recogidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recogían vs recogidas". 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 #237,431 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