Which to use
“recomendada” is a participle and “recomendado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,370
- “recomendada” frequency rank
- #10,206
- “recomendado” frequency rank
- 28576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recomendada | recomendado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de recomendado, participio de recomendar. | Participio de recomendar. |
Where the eye mixes recomendada and recomendado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recomendada and recomendado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between recomendada and recomendado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recomendada is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞a] while recomendado is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “recomendada” becomes o in “recomendado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recomendada is recorded at frequency rank #18,370, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞a]. recomendado is at rank #10,206, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o].
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 28576, this pair ranks #221,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recomendada vs recomendado
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recomendada": -. Private to "recomendado": -.
"recomendada" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV · "recomendado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recomendada ← ercomendada · rceomendada · reccomendada · recmoendada · recoemndada · recomednada · recomenadda · recomendaad
- recomendado ← ercomendado · rceomendado · reccomendado · recmoendado · recoemndado · recomednado · recomenaddo · recomendaddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recomendada" and "recomendado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recomendada" vs "recomendado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recomendada" and "recomendado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recomendada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recomendado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recomendada" and "recomendado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendaba vs recomendada". 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 #221,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.