Which to use
“recomendadas” and “recomendados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,364
- “recomendadas” frequency rank
- #23,920
- “recomendados” frequency rank
- 53284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recomendadas | recomendados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de recomendado, participio de recomendar. | Forma del plural de recomendado, participio de recomendar. |
Where the eye mixes recomendadas and recomendados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. recomendadas and recomendados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recomendadas vs recomendados
A purely visual mix-up. recomendadas ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “recomendadas” becomes o in “recomendados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recomendadas is recorded at frequency rank #29,364, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞as]. 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 53284, this pair ranks #88,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recomendadas vs recomendados
Shared letters: acdemnors. Private to "recomendadas": -. Private to "recomendados": -.
"recomendadas" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC · "recomendados" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recomendadas ← ercomendadas · rceomendadas · reccomendadas · recmoendadas · recoemndadas · recomednadas · recomenaddas · recomendaads
- recomendados ← ercomendados · rceomendados · reccomendados · recmoendados · recoemndados · recomednados · recomenaddos · recomendaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recomendadas" and "recomendados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recomendadas" or "recomendados"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recomendadas" 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 #88,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recomendadas" 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 #88,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.