recomendadavsrecomendaríaTell them apart

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

Which to use

“recomendada” is a participle and “recomendaría” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,370
“recomendada” frequency rank
#23,571
“recomendaría” frequency rank
41941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recomendada recomendaría
Definition Forma del femenino de recomendado, participio de recomendar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de recomendar.

Where the eye mixes recomendada and recomendaría

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

11 ch
recomendada
12 ch
recomendaría

Visual trap between recomendada and recomendaría

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recomendada is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞a] while recomendaría is [rekomẽn̪d̪aˈɾia]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 41941, 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]. recomendaría is at rank #23,571, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekomẽn̪d̪aˈɾia].

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 41941, this pair ranks #150,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recomendada vs recomendaría

Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recomendada": -. Private to "recomendaría": í.

"recomendada" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "recomendaría" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recomendadaercomendada · rceomendada · reccomendada · recmoendada · recoemndada · recomednada · recomenadda · recomendaad

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recomendada" and "recomendaría" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recomendada" is a participle and "recomendaría" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recomendada" vs "recomendaría" - which ranks higher?
"recomendada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,370 in our Spanish list, against #23,571 for "recomendaría". 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 "recomendaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recomendada" and "recomendaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendaba vs recomendaría". 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 #150,938 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