Which to use
“recomendado” is a verb and “recomendados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,206
- “recomendado” frequency rank
- #23,920
- “recomendados” frequency rank
- 34126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recomendado | recomendados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de recomendar. | Forma del plural de recomendado, participio de recomendar. |
Where the eye mixes recomendado and recomendados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. recomendado 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.
Look-alike desk: recomendado vs recomendados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recomendado is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o] while recomendados is [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recomendado” sits inside “recomendados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recomendado is recorded at frequency rank #10,206, classified as averb, pronounced [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o]. 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 34126, this pair ranks #193,122 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recomendado vs recomendados
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recomendado": -. Private to "recomendados": s.
"recomendado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV · "recomendados" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recomendado ← ercomendado · rceomendado · reccomendado · recmoendado · recoemndado · recomednado · recomenaddo · recomendaddo
- recomendados ← ercomendados · rceomendados · reccomendados · recmoendados · recoemndados · recomednados · recomenaddos · recomendaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recomendado" and "recomendados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recomendado" 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 "recomendado" 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 #193,122 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recomendado" 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 #193,122 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.