recogidavsrecogidoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: recogida is a participle, recogido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recogida” is a participle and “recogido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,030
“recogida” frequency rank
#9,715
“recogido” frequency rank
18745
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recogida recogido
Definition Forma del femenino de recogido, participio de recoger. Que tiene recogimiento y vive retirado del trato y comunicación de las gentes.

Where the eye mixes recogida and recogido

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

8 ch
recogida
8 ch
recogido

Visual trap between recogida and recogido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recogida is [rekoˈxið̞a] while recogido is [rekoˈxið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “recogida” becomes o in “recogido”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18745, 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]. 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 18745, this pair ranks #266,647 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of recogida vs recogido

Shared letters: cdegior. Private to "recogida": a. Private to "recogido": -.

"recogida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "recogido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recogidaercogida · rceogida · reccogida · recgoida · recogdia · recoggida · recogiad · recogidda
  • recogidoercogido · rceogido · reccogido · recgoido · recogdio · recoggido · recogiddo · recogiod

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recogida" and "recogido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recogida" is a participle and "recogido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "recogida" or "recogido"?
"recogida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,030 in our Spanish list, against #9,715 for "recogido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recogida" 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 #266,647 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recogida" and "recogido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recogían vs recogido". 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 #266,647 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