Which to use
“recogidos” is a participle and “recogió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,335
- “recogidos” frequency rank
- #13,130
- “recogió” frequency rank
- 26465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recogidos | recogió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de recogido, participio 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 recogidos and recogió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recogidos runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against recogió's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recogidos and recogió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recogidos is [rekoˈxið̞os] while recogió is [rekoˈxjo]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recogidos is recorded at frequency rank #13,335, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoˈxið̞os]. 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 26465, this pair ranks #231,481 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recogidos vs recogió
Shared letters: cegior. Private to "recogidos": ds. Private to "recogió": ó.
"recogidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "recogió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recogidos ← ercogidos · rceogidos · reccogidos · recgoidos · recogdios · recoggidos · recogiddos · recogidoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recogidos" and "recogió" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recogidos" or "recogió"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recogidos" 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 #231,481 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recogidos" 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 #231,481 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.