recomendadasvsrecomendamosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,364
“recomendadas” frequency rank
#16,193
“recomendamos” frequency rank
45557
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recomendadas recomendamos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de recomendado, participio de recomendar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de recomendar.

Where the eye mixes recomendadas and recomendamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recomendadas and recomendamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
recomendadas
12 ch
recomendamos

Look-alike desk: recomendadas vs recomendamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recomendadas is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞as] while recomendamos is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45557, 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]. recomendamos is at rank #16,193, tagged as averb, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪amos].

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 45557, this pair ranks #130,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recomendadas vs recomendamos

Shared letters: acdemnors. Private to "recomendadas": -. Private to "recomendamos": -.

"recomendadas" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC  ·  "recomendamos" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recomendadasercomendadas · rceomendadas · reccomendadas · recmoendadas · recoemndadas · recomednadas · recomenaddas · recomendaads
  • recomendamosercomendamos · rceomendamos · reccomendamos · recmoendamos · recoemndamos · recomednamos · recomenadmos · recomendammos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recomendadas" and "recomendamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recomendadas" is a participle and "recomendamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recomendadas" vs "recomendamos" - which ranks higher?
"recomendamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,193 in our Spanish list, against #29,364 for "recomendadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recomendadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recomendamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #130,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recomendadas" and "recomendamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendaba vs recomendadas". 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 #130,780 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