recogidosvsrecogióConfusable pair

Quick tell: recogidos is a participle, recogió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

9 ch
recogidos
7 ch
recogió

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recogidos" is a participle and "recogió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "recogidos" or "recogió"?
"recogió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,130 in our Spanish list, against #13,335 for "recogidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list