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

#10,206
“recomendado” frequency rank
#16,193
“recomendamos” frequency rank
26399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recomendado recomendamos
Definition Participio de recomendar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de recomendar.

Where the eye mixes recomendado and recomendamos

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

11 ch
recomendado
12 ch
recomendamos

Look-alike desk: recomendado vs recomendamos

A purely visual mix-up. recomendado ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) and recomendamos ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪amos]) 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 26399, 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]. 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 26399, this pair ranks #231,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recomendado vs recomendamos

Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recomendado": -. Private to "recomendamos": s.

"recomendado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "recomendamos" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recomendadoercomendado · rceomendado · reccomendado · recmoendado · recoemndado · recomednado · recomenaddo · recomendaddo
  • recomendamosercomendamos · rceomendamos · reccomendamos · recmoendamos · recoemndamos · recomednamos · recomenadmos · recomendammos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recomendado" and "recomendamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rekomẽn̪ˈd̪að̞o] versus [rekomẽn̪ˈd̪amos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recomendado" or "recomendamos" show up more?
"recomendado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,206 in our Spanish list, against #16,193 for "recomendamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "recomendado" and "recomendamos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recomendado" 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 #231,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recomendado" and "recomendamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendaba vs recomendado". 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 #231,821 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