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

#18,370
“recomendada” frequency rank
#23,920
“recomendados” frequency rank
42290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recomendada recomendados
Definition Forma del femenino de recomendado, participio de recomendar. Forma del plural de recomendado, participio de recomendar.

Where the eye mixes recomendada and recomendados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recomendada runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCCVCV) against recomendados's 12 (CVCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
recomendada
12 ch
recomendados

Look-alike desk: recomendada vs recomendados

A purely visual mix-up. recomendada ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞a]) and recomendados ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42290, 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]. recomendados is at rank #23,920, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os].

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 42290, this pair ranks #149,053 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recomendada vs recomendados

Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recomendada": -. Private to "recomendados": s.

"recomendada" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "recomendados" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recomendadaercomendada · rceomendada · reccomendada · recmoendada · recoemndada · recomednada · recomenadda · recomendaad
  • recomendadosercomendados · rceomendados · reccomendados · recmoendados · recoemndados · recomednados · recomenaddos · recomendaddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recomendada" and "recomendados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞a] versus [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recomendada" or "recomendados"?
"recomendada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,370 in our Spanish list, against #23,920 for "recomendados". 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 "recomendada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recomendados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,053 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recomendada" and "recomendados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendados vs recompensados". 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 #149,053 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